Meaning

noun the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

verb eat hastily without proper chewing

verb make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

originFrom Middle English gobben (“to drink or swallow greedily”), of uncertain origin + -le (frequentative suffix). Middle English gobben is perhaps an alteration of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to English gulpen (“to gulp”). However, compare also French gober.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0