/'gɒbl; `ˇɑbl/
v
1 [I, Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up/down) eat sth fast, noisily and greedily (leaving nothing behind) 狠吞虎咽（一点不剩）
*Eat slowly and don't gobble! 慢点吃, 别狼吞虎咽的!
* gobble one's food (down) in a hurry 匆匆忙忙吞（下）食物
* gobble up all the cakes 大口吃光所有的蛋糕.
2 (phr v) gobble sth up (infml 口) use sth up quickly; swallow 很快用完; 吞没
*The rent gobbles up half his earnings. 租金一项就占去他一半的收入.
* Small family businesses are often gobbled up by larger firms. 家庭小商业遭到大公司的吞并.

/'gɒbl; `ˇɑbl/
v [I]
(a) (of a male turkey) make its characteristic sound （指雄火鸡）咯咯叫.
(b) (of a person) make such a sound when speaking quickly, angrily, etc （指人）（说话急、愤怒时等）发出咯咯声.

n sound made by a male turkey （雄火鸡的）咯咯叫声.

v informal
[Sense: 1; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from gob]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: From the sound]
alsogobble up/down [I and T]
to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way
= wolf
　Don't gobble your food!
　She gobbled down her lunch.
[I]
to make a sound like a turkey
>gobblen[C]
gobble sth up [gobble sth⇔ up] phr v
if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it
　Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.
to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land
　Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way
　We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.