gobble


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gobble1
verb (often gobble something up) eat hurriedly and noisily.

■ use a large amount of (resources) very quickly.

– derivatives
gobbler noun.
– origin C17: prob. from gob2.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gobble2
verb (of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat.
– derivatives
gobbler noun.
– origin C17: imitative, perh. influenced by gobble1.
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