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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
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gobble

2

/ ˈɡɒə /

noun

  1. the loud rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys
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interjection

  1. an imitation of this sound
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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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Word 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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Word 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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Those ideas all came from a simple thesis: that capitalism is amoral and will gobble up anything it’s allowed to gobble up.

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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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