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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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
But because of the way Tony Gilroy has structured each season as a quartet of three-hour arcs, the release schedule makes sense, giving viewers a chance to gobble up each segment of the larger story in one go, rather than spreading the whole thing out over many months(*).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Limited athlete who can get gobbled up by bigger linemen.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The outermost microbes, with the most access to the external environment, gobble up nutrients to fuel their own growth, leaving internal cells starved.
—Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Also in the menagerie was a manatee named Samantha and an aggressive flock of pelicans poised to snatch fish not promptly gobbled up by the tarpon.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
But because of the way Tony Gilroy has structured each season as a quartet of three-hour arcs, the release schedule makes sense, giving viewers a chance to gobble up each segment of the larger story in one go, rather than spreading the whole thing out over many months(*).
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
Limited athlete who can get gobbled up by bigger linemen.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The outermost microbes, with the most access to the external environment, gobble up nutrients to fuel their own growth, leaving internal cells starved.
—Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobble. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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