gobble

n : the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

v 1: eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

[syn: {bolt}]

2: make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

gobble

1. To consume, usually used with "up". "The output

spy gobbles characters out of a {tty} output buffer."

2. To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble

down a copy of the documentation tomorrow."

See also {snarf}.

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