Gob"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling (?).] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
1.
To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
Supper gobbled up in haste.
Swift.
2.
To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
Goldsmith.
To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
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Gob"ble, v. i.
1.
To eat greedily.
2.
To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
Prior.
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Gob"ble, n.
A noise made in the throat.
Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
Mrs. Gore.
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