Gobble
['gɒb(ə)l] or ['ɡɑbl]
Definition
(noun.) the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock.
(verb.) make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys.
(verb.) eat hastily without proper chewing; 'Don't bolt your food!'.
Editor: Trudy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
(v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
(v. i.) To eat greedily.
(v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
(n.) A noise made in the throat.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Swallow (greedily), bolt, gulp.
Edited by Jeanne
Definition
v.t. to swallow in lumps: to swallow hastily.—v.i. to make a noise in the throat as a turkey.—n. (golf) a rapid straight putt so strongly played that if the ball had not gone into the hole it would have gone a long way past.—n. Gobb′ler a turkey-cock.
Checked by Llewellyn
Examples
- George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters royally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Just gobbled and gobbled, till I found out how to do it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He asked George about his uncle sometimes, and laughed at the boy's imitation of the way in which Jos said God-bless-my-soul and gobbled his soup. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His mouth was full of it: his face quite red with the delightful exercise of gobbling. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You're an Epicurean like myself, I see: you don't want to see all those goddesses gobbling terrapin. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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