To eat food quickly and noisily, often without chewing properly, or to make the loud throat sound that turkeys make.
The word originated in the 16th century, likely from an imitative origin mimicking the sound a turkey makes (gobble-gobble). It may be connected to the verb 'gob' meaning to eat hastily.
Wild turkeys actually say 'gobble' only when they're males trying to impress females—it's their mating call! The word perfectly copies the sound, which is why we call it onomatopoeia.
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