gobbled; gobbling
ˈgä-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to swallow or eat greedily
2
: to take eagerly : grab
—usually used with up
3
: to read rapidly or greedily
—usually used with up
gobbled; gobbling
ˈgä-b(ə-)liŋ
1
: to make the natural guttural noise of a male turkey
2
: to make a sound resembling the gobble of a turkey
gobble
noun
Synonyms
Examples of gobble in a Sentence
Verb (1)
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
Recent Examples on the Web
CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Tech giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Google’s YouTube TV have gobbled up a huge part of the television distribution business, and both Dish and DirecTV have been bleeding customers.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Weaver ants—forest-dwelling ants that live in the lowlands and ferociously prey on small invertebrates—might be gobbling up the birds’ food source and pushing them to higher elevations.
—Byalice Sun, science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
Gross and his team discovered that the new buds blossom around the time when the fish transition from eating larval crustaceans to gobbling up their adulthood staple: bat guano.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Over the next two decades, America's radio stations would be gobbled up by a handful of conglomerates such as Clear Channel, now known as iHeartMedia.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Tech giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Google’s YouTube TV have gobbled up a huge part of the television distribution business, and both Dish and DirecTV have been bleeding customers.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Weaver ants—forest-dwelling ants that live in the lowlands and ferociously prey on small invertebrates—might be gobbling up the birds’ food source and pushing them to higher elevations.
—Byalice Sun, science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
Gross and his team discovered that the new buds blossom around the time when the fish transition from eating larval crustaceans to gobbling up their adulthood staple: bat guano.
—Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobble. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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