gobble

gob·ble ¹

 (gŏb′əl)

v. gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

v.tr.

1. To devour in greedy gulps.

2. To take greedily; grab: gobbled up the few remaining tickets.

v.intr.

To eat greedily or rapidly.

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[Frequentative of Middle English gobben, to drink greedily, probably from gobbe, lump, mouthful; see gob¹.]

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gob·ble ²

 (gŏb′əl)

n.

The guttural, chortling sound of a male turkey.

intr.v. gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

To make this sound.

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[Imitative.]

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gobble

(ˈɡɒbəl)

vb

1. (when: tr, often foll by up) to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls

2. informal (often foll by: up) to snatch

[C17: probably from gob¹]

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gobble

(ˈɡɒbəl)

n

(Zoology) the loud rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys

interj

an imitation of this sound

vb

(Zoology) (intr) (of a turkey) to make this sound

[C17: probably of imitative origin]

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gob•ble¹

(ˈgɒb əl)

v. -bled, -bling. v.t.

1. to eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.

2. to seize upon eagerly (often fol. by up): He gobbled up all the news.

v.i.

3. to eat hastily.

[1595–1605; probably imitative; see gob¹, -le]

gob•ble²

(ˈgɒb əl)

v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i.

1. to make the throaty cry of a male turkey.

n.

2. the cry itself.

[1670–80; variant of gabble]

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gobble

Past participle: gobbled
Gerund: gobbling

Imperative

gobble

gobble

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gobble - the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb	1.	gobble - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" bolt eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
	2.	gobble - make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

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gobble

verb devour, swallow, gulp, guzzle, wolf, bolt, cram in, gorge on, pig out on (slang), stuff yourself with He gobbled all the beef stew.

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gobble

verb

To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts:

bolt, down, englut, engorge, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, swill, wolf.

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Translations

صَوْت الدّيك الرومييَلْتَهِم

hltathudrovat

pludresluge

hinunterschlingenkollern

engullir

engloutirglouglouter

hurukkolzabál

háma í sigklaka

gloglottaretrangugiare

buldurētrīt

buldrelange i seg

hudrovať

çabuk çabuk yutmakhindi sesi çıkarmak

发出咯咯叫声狼吞虎咽

gobble

[ˈgɒbl]

A. N → gluglú m

B. VT (also gobble down, gobble up) → engullir, tragar

C. VI [turkey] → gluglutear

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gobble

[ˈgɒb^əl] vt [+ food] → engloutir

gobble down

vt [+ food] → engloutir

gobble up

vt

[+ food] → engloutir

[+ money, resources] → engloutir

[+ group, organization] → engloutir

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gobble

vt → verschlingen

vi

(= eat noisily) → schmatzen

(turkey) → kollern

n (of turkey) → Kollern nt

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gobble

[ˈgɒbl] vt (also gobble down, gobble up) → trangugiare, ingurgitare

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gobble

(ˈgobl) verb

1. to swallow food etc quickly. You'll be sick if you keep gobbling your meals like that. gulsig eet يَلْتَهِم нагъвам devorar hltat hinunterschlingen sluge καταβροχθίζωengullir, devorar, zamparse kugistama بلعیدن؛ با ولع خوردن hotkia engloutir לִזלוֹל जल्दी और आवाज करके खाना halapljivo gutati zabál melahap háma í sig ingoiare がつがつ食べる 게걸스럽게 먹다 ryti rīt makan dengan gelojoh schrokken, slokkensluke, lange i seg pożerać نغرل، اپيلل، په حرص خوړل، ژرژر خوړل devorar a înfuleca лопать hltať hlastno goltati halapljivo pojesti glufsa i sig, sluka กลืนกินอย่างรวดเร็ว çabuk çabuk yutmak 狼吞虎嚥 їсти пожадливо; пожирати جلدی میں کھانا ، گٹکنا nuốt lấy nuốt để 狼吞虎咽

2. (of turkeys) to make a noise in the throat. We could hear the turkeys gobbling in the farmyard. klok صَوْت الدّيك الرومي крякам gorgolejar hudrovat kollern pludre κάνω «γλου γλου» glugluguear kulistama قات قات کردن؛ صدای بوقلمون دادن kalkattaa glouglouter לְגַעגֵעַ भकोसना, चटकर जाना brbotati hurukkol bunyi kalkun klaka gloglottare ごろごろ鳴く (칠면조 수컷이) 울다 burbuliuoti (par tītaru) buldurēt bunyi kelokok klokkenbuldre, pludre gulgotać غړغړې وهل، دفيل مرغ: كړكى grugrulejar a bolborosi кулдыкать hudrovať kavdrati pućpurikati klucka ส่งเสียงเหมือนไก่งวง hindi sesi çıkarmak (火雞)發出咕咕聲 кулдикати فیل قرغ کی آواز ، بق بق kêu gợp gợp (gà tây) （火鸡）发出咯咯叫声

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