'Gobble' definitions:
Definition of 'gobble'
(from WordNet)
noun
The characteristic sound made by a turkey cock
verb
Eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" [syn: gobble, bolt]
verb
Make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys
Definition of 'Gobble'
From: GCIDE
- Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. i.
- 1. To eat greedily. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gobble'
From: GCIDE
- Gobble \Gob"ble\, n. A noise made in the throat. [1913 Webster]
- Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. --Mrs. Gore. [1913 Webster] gobbledegook
Definition of 'Gobble'
From: GCIDE
- Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] [Freq. of 2d gob.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. [1913 Webster]
- Supper gobbled up in haste. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gobble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- batten,
- bleed white,
- bolt,
- bolt down,
- bring to ruin,
- burn up,
- cackle,
- call,
- carol,
- caw,
- chatter,
- cheep,
- chirk,
- chirp,
- chirr,
- chirrup,
- chitter,
- chuck,
- clack,
- cluck,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- condemn,
- confound,
- consume,
- coo,
- cram,
- croak,
- cronk,
- crow,
- cuckoo,
- damn,
- deal destruction,
- decimate,
- deplete,
- depredate,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devastate,
- devour,
- digest,
- dissolve,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- drink,
- drum,
- eat,
- eat up,
- engorge,
- engulf,
- erode,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- finish,
- finish off,
- gabble,
- gaggle,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gobble up,
- gorge,
- gormandize,
- guggle,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- gut,
- gut with fire,
- guttle,
- guzzle,
- havoc,
- honk,
- hoo,
- hoot,
- imbibe,
- impoverish,
- incinerate,
- ingest,
- ingurgitate,
- lay in ruins,
- lay waste,
- live to eat,
- peep,
- pip,
- pipe,
- quack,
- ravage,
- raven,
- roll,
- ruin,
- ruinate,
- scold,
- shipwreck,
- sing,
- slop,
- slosh,
- spend,
- squander,
- squawk,
- stuff,
- suck dry,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- swill,
- swill down,
- throw into disorder,
- trill,
- tweet,
- twit,
- twitter,
- unleash destruction,
- unleash the hurricane,
- upheave,
- use up,
- vandalize,
- vaporize,
- warble,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- whistle,
- wolf,
- wolf down,
- wrack,
- wreak havoc,
- wreck