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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gobble</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="goat-file.html" title="goat file"/><link rel="next" href="Godwins-Law.html" title="Godwin's Law"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gobble</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="goat-file.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Godwins-Law.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gobble"/><dt xmlns="" id="gobble"><b>gobble</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To consume, usu.: used with ‘up’. “<span class="quote">The output
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spy gobbles characters out of a <a href="../T/tty.html"><i class="glossterm">tty</i></a> output
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buffer.</span>”</p></dd><dd><p> 2. To obtain, usu.: used with ‘down’. “<span class="quote">I guess
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I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow.</span>” See also
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