gobb

v. t. To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [ Low ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In pieces. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Gob. ] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. i. 1. To eat greedily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A noise made in the throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook. [ WordNet 1.5 ]