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Nov 27, 2009
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gob•ble



Pronunciation: (gob'ul), [key]
—v., -bled, -bling.

—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.
to eat hastily.

gob•ble



Pronunciation: (gob'ul), [key]
—v., -bled, -bling,
—n.

—v.i.
to make the characteristic throaty cry of a male turkey.

—n.
the cry itself.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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