gobble 1
/gob"euhl/ , v. , gobbled, gobbling .
v.t.
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.
v.i.
3. to eat hastily.
[ 1595-1605; prob. imit.; see GOB 1 , -LE ]
Syn. 1. bolt, devour.
gobble 2
/gob"euhl/ , v. , gobbled, gobbling , n.
v.i.
1. to make the characteristic throaty cry of a male turkey.
n.
2. the cry itself.
[ 1670-80; var. of GABBLE ]