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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Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
This cheesy, spicy, creamy dip will be the first thing gobbled up at your party.
—Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
The salmon are too large for the dolphins themselves to eat, but the researchers found that once the dolphins led the orcas to the schools of fish, the whales herded them to the surface where the rest of the pod gobbled them up.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Since launching in 2017, BusPatrol’s cameras have been mounted on more than 40,000 school buses in nearly two dozen states, and the for-profit company has gobbled up about 90% of the market share.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
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Verb
Large developments gobbled up some of these historic structures.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
This cheesy, spicy, creamy dip will be the first thing gobbled up at your party.
—Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
The salmon are too large for the dolphins themselves to eat, but the researchers found that once the dolphins led the orcas to the schools of fish, the whales herded them to the surface where the rest of the pod gobbled them up.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Since launching in 2017, BusPatrol’s cameras have been mounted on more than 40,000 school buses in nearly two dozen states, and the for-profit company has gobbled up about 90% of the market share.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobble. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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