gobble

• I could call and he would stretch his neck out and "gobble, gobble, gobble."
• Every now and then they uttered their loud "gobble--obble--obble," and by their attitude and actions it was evidently an affair of rivalry likely to end in a battle. —  The Boy Hunters
• I suppose it will be said that he is; that the black fellow bolted the whole code at a gobble, and wagged his tail, as if the feat must surely please his new masters; that he had long had the benefit of civilized cooking, and knew a gentleman by his toggery; that, moreover, he was of a teachable, plastic nature, and was meant to lie down in due time upon the hearth rug before the fire, in any gentleman's sitting room in the land. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
• And as Professor Turkey Gobbler strutted off my stage with a merry gobble, the orchestra opened before me with a flourish of trumpets. —  Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
• With a final gobble, the turkey let go of Snoop's tail. —  The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook

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