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
Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Much of the Broncos’ cap room has already been gobbled up by a rollicking run of long-term extensions across the past year, locking in core pieces from Zach Allen and Nik Bonitto to Luke Wattenberg and Malcolm Roach.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Four birds gobbled from the woods behind the blind, then flew down.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, operating expenditure gobbled up a fifth of Liverpool’s revenue.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Those are immediately gobbled up by bots, and the true value is realized on the secondary market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Rose gobbled it up, lay in my arms and not long after was at rest.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 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
Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Much of the Broncos’ cap room has already been gobbled up by a rollicking run of long-term extensions across the past year, locking in core pieces from Zach Allen and Nik Bonitto to Luke Wattenberg and Malcolm Roach.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Four birds gobbled from the woods behind the blind, then flew down.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, operating expenditure gobbled up a fifth of Liverpool’s revenue.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Those are immediately gobbled up by bots, and the true value is realized on the secondary market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Rose gobbled it up, lay in my arms and not long after was at rest.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled
Verb
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Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris devoured the movies of John Wayne growing up.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The media devoured his story like a plate of fresh oysters.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Many people inhaled a substantial amount of smoke.—
Dave Boucher,
Freep.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Bebop moving in waves through the smoky air, causing a warm feeling to come over him, to move inside him like smoke inhaled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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