'To gobble up' definitions:
Definition of 'To gobble up'
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- Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] [Freq. of 2d gob.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. [1913 Webster]
- Supper gobbled up in haste. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang] [1913 Webster]