About The Word Gobble
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What's The Definition Of Gobble?
[n] the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
[v] make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys [v] eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gobble: bolt Related Terms | Find terms related to Gobble: ablate | absorb | assimilate | batten | bleed white | bolt | bolt down | bring to ruin | burn up | cackle | call | carol | caw | chatter | cheep | chirk | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | chuck | clack | cluck | cock-a-doodle-doo | condemn | confound | consume | coo | cram | croak | cronk | crow | cuckoo | damn | deal destruction | decimate | deplete | depredate | desolate | despoil | destroy | devastate | devour | digest | dissolve | drain | drain of resources | drink | drum | eat | eat up | engorge | engulf | erode | exhaust | expend | finish | finish off | gabble | gaggle | glut | gluttonize | gobble up | gorge | gormandize | guggle | gulp | gulp down | gut | gut with fire | guttle | guzzle | havoc | honk | hoo | hoot | imbibe | impoverish | incinerate | ingest | ingurgitate | lay in ruins | lay waste | live to eat | peep | pip | pipe | quack | ravage | raven | roll | ruin | ruinate | scold | shipwreck | sing | slop | slosh | spend | squander | squawk | stuff | suck dry | swallow | swallow up | swill | swill down | throw into disorder | trill | tweet | twit | twitter | unleash destruction | unleash the hurricane | upheave | use up | vandalize | vaporize | warble | waste | waste away | wear away | whistle | wolf | wolf down | wrack | wreak havoc | wreck See Also | bolt down | cry | eat | emit | gobble up | let loose | let out | shovel in | utter Gobble In Webster's Dictionary \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]
\Gob"ble\, v. i. 1. To eat greedily. 2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior. \Gob"ble\, n. A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. --Mrs. Gore. |
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