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The definition of gobble is the sound that a male turkey makes.

(noun)

An example of a gobble is a sound you'll hear from male turkeys on a turkey farm.

Gobble is defined as to make the noise of a male turkey, or to eat up quickly.

(verb)

An example of gobble is to imitate the sound of a turkey.
An example of gobble is to eat five burgers in 10 minutes.

See gobble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the characteristic throaty sound made by a male turkey

Origin: echoic, var. of gabble

intransitive verb gobbled, gobbling

to make this sound

transitive verb, intransitive verb gobbled, gobbling

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

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

See gobble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

verb, transitive

To devour in greedy gulps.
To take greedily; grab: gobbled up the few remaining tickets.

verb, intransitive

To eat greedily or rapidly.

Origin:

Origin: Frequentative of Middle English gobben, to drink greedily

Origin: , probably from gobbe, lump, mouthful; see gob¹

noun

The guttural, chortling sound of a male turkey.

intransitive verb gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles

To make this sound.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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