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
Examples of gobble in a Sentence
Verb (1)
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Matt Degen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Talking without pausing to gobble air.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Playing against the Warriors on his 23rd birthday, Raynaud put up 17 points on 7 of 14 shooting and gobbled up seven rebounds in a 110-105 loss.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Toms gobble most just after first light, in an effort to attract hens.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Those coming of age in the 1990s embraced grunge over disco, others in the aughts traded a Discman for an iPod and youth of today are now confounding everyone by gobbling up physical media and buying secondhand clothes.
—Matt Degen, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Talking without pausing to gobble air.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Playing against the Warriors on his 23rd birthday, Raynaud put up 17 points on 7 of 14 shooting and gobbled up seven rebounds in a 110-105 loss.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Toms gobble most just after first light, in an effort to attract hens.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobble. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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