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
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Verb (1)
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Nowhere is that more true than in Wall Street firms, private equity firms, trying to just gobble up much of the nation’s housing.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Mexican history is riddled with the tales of once-powerful syndicates — gangs in Guadalajara, Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, among them — that ruptured, were gobbled up by other mobs or petered out as the big guys were captured or killed.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Now, blasting aliens and gobbling power pellets with his sons has become sacred bonding time.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 26 Feb. 2026
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Industry consolidation in this century, including Disney’s purchase of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox entertainment assets or Amazon’s gobbling up MGM, has rarely been good for everyday people.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Nowhere is that more true than in Wall Street firms, private equity firms, trying to just gobble up much of the nation’s housing.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Mexican history is riddled with the tales of once-powerful syndicates — gangs in Guadalajara, Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, among them — that ruptured, were gobbled up by other mobs or petered out as the big guys were captured or killed.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Now, blasting aliens and gobbling power pellets with his sons has become sacred bonding time.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobble. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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