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gobble
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. i.
1. To eat greedily.
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2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gobble \Gob"ble\, n.
A noise made in the throat.
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Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
--Mrs. Gore.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] [Freq. of 2d gob.] [1913 Webster] 1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. [1913 Webster] Supper gobbled up in haste. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. [1913 Webster] He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
