gobbled (up)

verb

past tense of gobble (up)
as in turned over

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  1. turned over
  2. scanned
  3. devoured
Verb
  • Much of that team was turned over the following offseason after the Lakers acquired Anthony Davis.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The second incident was reported to law enforcement, and the church turned over its records on the first case, but the local prosecutor did not pursue criminal charges.
    — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of turned over
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  • Instead of sorting products by category, items are placed in any open, available space, then scanned and stored in a computer system.
    — Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Only one, when scanned by the animal control officers, had a microchip.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of scanned
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).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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