Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gobbling}.] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
   1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

            Supper gobbled up in haste.           --Swift.

   2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

            He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

   {To gobble up}, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture
      suddenly. [Slang]