Definition of "gobble" []

• To devour in greedy gulps. (verb-transitive)
• To take greedily; grab: gobbled up the few remaining tickets. (verb-transitive)
• To eat greedily or rapidly. (verb-intransitive)
• The guttural, chortling sound of a male turkey. (noun)
• To make this sound. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The action of "I have come to gobble you up," is emphasized and made realistic by the _bb_ of _gobble_ and the _p_ of _up_."
• "He had scarcely closed his eyes when a faint "_Gobble, gobble, gobble_" from across the cornfield drove all idea of sleep out of his head."
• "Even her press announcement stating that she was stepping down as governor, she sounded like a turkey with her head cut off ... gobble gobble is all that could be made of the thoughts she was trying to get out."