gobbled (up or down)

verb

past tense of gobble (up or down)
as in mouthed (down)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled (up or down)
  1. knocked back
  2. put away
  3. sipped
  4. gulped
  5. got down
  6. devoured
Verb
  • Ervine and Raza shared a 98-run stand off 104 balls that gave the home team glimmer of hope before Ellis knocked back the off stump of Evans in the 31st over and also accounted for the wickets of two tail-enders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This comes after a first bid of €46 million was knocked back once talks with Real Madrid broke down and Rodri agreed to join the Catalans.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked back
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  • After DeMatteo’s pair of aces, Prohaska put away kills for the 24th and 25th points.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
  • That was only possible due to the strength of Ossoff and Cooper, who both raised gobs of money and put away their opponents weeks ago.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of put away
Verb
  • And in lieu of warm apple cider, sweet coconut water is sipped beachside straight from a coco.
    — Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The leaves are steeped in a hollowed gourd and the drink is sipped through a metal straw called a bombilla, and the gourd passes from hand to hand among friends, family and sometimes strangers, refilled for hours.
    — ISABEL DEBRE, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
Definition of gulped
Verb
  • The Foos got down to business for the type of loud, old school, no-fuss expression of rock that the band was built on.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In July 2017, Harry got down on one knee and proposed during a trip to the Bahamas.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of got down
Verb
  • Lena Dunham sits behind a desk in the glassy, millennial-pink offices of a tech startup, monologuing away like someone who has just devoured all of Lean Inin a single sitting.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
  • According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of devoured
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“Gobbled (up or down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%20or%20down%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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