[gob-uh
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verb, -bled, -bling.| 1. | to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp. |
| 2. | to seize upon eagerly (often fol. by up): After being gone for so long, they gobbled up all the local news. |
| 3. | to eat hastily. |
[gob-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun | 1. | to make the characteristic throaty cry of a male turkey. |
| 2. | the cry itself. |
| gob·ble 1 (gŏb'əl) v. gob·bled, gob·bling, gob·bles v. tr.
To eat greedily or rapidly. [Frequentative of Middle English gobben, to drink greedily, probably from gobbe, lump, mouthful; see gob1.] |
| 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. [Imitative.] |
gobble
1. To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer."
2. To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow."
See also snarf.
[The Jargon File]