1. [n]  the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
2. [v]  make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
3. [v]  eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

1. \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]
   
   

2. \Gob"ble\, v. i.
   1. To eat greedily.
   
   2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior.
   
   

3. \Gob"ble\, n.
   A noise made in the throat.
   
         Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
                                                  --Mrs. Gore.
   
   

1. To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer."

2. To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow."

See also snarf.

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