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gob·ble (gäb′əl)

noun

the characteristic throaty sound made by a male turkey

Etymology: echoic, var. of gabble

intransitive verb gobbled -·bled, gobbling -·bling

to make this sound
gobble2 definition

gob·ble (gäb′əl)

transitive verb, intransitive verb gobbled -·bled, gobbling -·bling

  1. to eat quickly and greedily
  2. to seize eagerly; snatch (up)

Etymology: prob. freq. formation on base of OFr gober, to swallow < gobet, gobbet

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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