as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbled
As for socialism, the factories of the Eastern Bloc gobbled up resources, using two to three times as much steel as capitalist factories for every dollar of output produced.
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Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Detroit gobbled its crab cakes.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
And consider doubling the batch, because it’s guaranteed to be gobbled up.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
De Ligt gobbled up anything aerially to Viktor Gyokeres, much to the enjoyment of United fans, who jeered Arsenal’s new striker when his number came up for substitution.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
The data centers that fuel AI have already gobbled up all of the content on just about every website visible on the internet.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Leafy cherry trees, the fruit all gone, gobbled up by us and by the birds, and trees with ripening white and flat peaches.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Across the state, corporate owners have gobbled up tens of thousands of homes and converted them to rentals and caused the makeup of neighborhoods to shift.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Detroit gobbled its crab cakes.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
And consider doubling the batch, because it’s guaranteed to be gobbled up.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
De Ligt gobbled up anything aerially to Viktor Gyokeres, much to the enjoyment of United fans, who jeered Arsenal’s new striker when his number came up for substitution.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
The data centers that fuel AI have already gobbled up all of the content on just about every website visible on the internet.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Leafy cherry trees, the fruit all gone, gobbled up by us and by the birds, and trees with ripening white and flat peaches.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Across the state, corporate owners have gobbled up tens of thousands of homes and converted them to rentals and caused the makeup of neighborhoods to shift.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled
Verb
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Smith, the charity board member, stands in between the long blades of grass that have grown back where blazing fires devoured everything in its path just a year ago.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Pair the charming size with the combination of pumpkin and cheesecake, and prepare for them to be devoured in minutes.—
Jorie Nicole McDonald,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fungus releases spores that rise into the air and can be inhaled, Thompson said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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