Meaning & use
Gobbling
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Eating food hurriedly and noisily, or making the throaty call of a male turkey.
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He was gobbling his breakfast so he wouldn't miss the bus.
A wild turkey could be heard gobbling somewhere in the woods.
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The word is imitative in both its senses: the sound of hasty eating and the actual gobbling call made by turkeys.
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