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gobble

1

[ gob-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

gobbled, gobbling.
  1. to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to seize upon eagerly (often followed by up ):

    After being gone for so long, they gobbled up all the local news.



verb (used without object)

gobbled, gobbling.
  1. to eat hastily.

gobble

2

[ gob-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

gobbled, gobbling.
  1. to make the characteristic throaty cry of a male turkey.

noun

  1. the cry itself.

gobble

1

/ ˈɡɒə /

verb

  1. whentr, often foll by up to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls
  2. informal.
    troften foll byup to snatch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gobble

2

/ ˈɡɒə /

noun

  1. the loud rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. an imitation of this sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr (of a turkey) to make this sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gobble1

1595–1605; probably imitative; gob 1, -le

Origin of gobble2

First recorded in 1670–80; variant of gabble
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gobble1

C17: probably from gob 1

Origin of gobble2

C17: probably of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

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A network of brokers — many of them in the Korean community — gobbled up several prime slots and then peddled them on social media, especially on the Korean app KakaoTalk.

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It gobbled up my sorrows with its gaping mouth of everything-ness.

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Shockingly, this superior sequel only snagged four nominations — best picture plus three technical categories — when it deserved to gobble them up like a Shai-Hulud.

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For 11 games in a row now, Scotland have been salmon leaping and Ireland have been the grizzlies waiting at falls-edge to gobble them up.

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The younger David O’Meara recalled the time his father asked Lancaster to step outside to the sidewalk, because the Hollywood legend was gobbling down an ice cream cone from the neighboring Swensen’s shop.

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