Gobble /(?)/

Gob·ble

Gobble

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling

  1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
    Supper gobbled up in haste.
  2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
    He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.

Phrases & Compounds
To gobble up
to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly.

Gobble

v. i.
  1. To eat greedily.
  2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

Gobble

n.
  1. A noise made in the throat.
    Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.