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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gob-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒb əl |
Definition of gobble
Origin :- "eat greedily," c.1600, probably partly echoic, partly frequentative of gob, via gobben "drink something greedily." Related: Gobbled; gobbling.
- verb eat hurriedly
- Now she had fallen low enough to gobble anything she could find.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- They may have wounds, big holes in their bodies, and still they'll gobble their victuals.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- They're like a lot of greedy pike just waiting to gobble down all they can.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Something between the 'gobble, gobble' of a turkey and the coo of the ring-dove.
- Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- And the gobble of a turkey; and what attribute of the goose?
- Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
- Why they will tear us to pieces and gobble us up in five minutes.
- Extract from : « The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader » by W.H.G. Kingston
- The padre, I am sorry to say, ate with his knife, and was inclined to gobble.
- Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert
- And then, to the Muley Cow's astonishment, he began to gobble at her.
- Extract from : « The Tale of the The Muley Cow » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- "You mustn't 'gobble' before the seamen's daughters," said Mrs. Forcythe, smiling.
- Extract from : « Nine Little Goslings » by Susan Coolidge
- I know all the birds say when they twitter and chirp, caw and coo, gobble and cluck.
- Extract from : « Europa's Fairy Book » by Joseph Jacobs
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