Gobble Definition

gŏbəl
gobbled, gobbles, gobbling
verb
gobbled, gobbles, gobbling
To make this sound.
Webster's New World
To devour in greedy gulps.
American Heritage
To seize eagerly; snatch.
Webster's New World
To eat quickly and greedily.
Webster's New World
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noun
gobbles
The characteristic throaty sound made by a male turkey.
Webster's New World

Origin of Gobble

  • Frequentative of Middle English gobben to drink greedily probably from gobbe lump, mouthful gob1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gobble Sentence Examples

  • They used to gobble the same food as the gentry.

  • They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.

  • He had asserted that, owing to the habit of foreclosing small mortgages, " any one with a hundred gulden could gobble up a peasant a year."

  • Some boys gobble up books as if they were candy bars, but others don't seem to show any interest in reading.

  • Even if they do n't gobble it up this time, they will do so eventually.

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Words Starting With

GGOGOB

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ELEBLE

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