gobbles

verb

present tense third-person singular of gobble
as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days

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Recent Examples of gobbles The guileless Lowen gobbles it up, spinning an elaborate fantasy about the woman Verity was before the accident. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Suigo is massive, gobbles up the ball at the rim on defense and would offer a true lob threat that the Bulls have been missing. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026 Someone who gobbles up a filet mignon and mashed potatoes like a rabid animal, that’s who. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Sadie gobbles these up and has diarrhea for days; my wife and I take turns staying up all night to take her out every few hours. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Apr. 2026 So if a tom gobbles at one or two of your calls and then goes quiet, don’t be discouraged. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026 Harry How / Getty Images Fantasy baseball was once the focal point of the fantasy industry, and now it’s been subsumed nearly completely by football, which gobbles up 75% of the market. — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 As George takes Mabel on a tour of his kingdom, Ellen gobbles up a fish, while a friendly worm gets abruptly carried off by a bird that swoops in from the sky. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026 And whenever one company gobbles up another, the predator tends to affect the prey. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbles
  1. devours
  2. inhales
  3. gulps
Verb
  • The larvae come from the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, which invades open wounds or the mucous membranes of body openings in any warm-blooded animal, including humans, and devours tissue, causing the wounds to become increasingly deep and painful.
    — Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The fungus then slowly devours the ant, sprouting through its head in one final indignity.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of devours
Verb
  • The child inhales for four counts, holds for four counts, exhales for four counts and holds again for four counts.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The chemical is particularly tough on the human respiratory system and, depending on how much a person inhales, MMA can cause everything from sore throats and cough to dizziness, nausea and, at the highest levels, damage to the nervous system, Kleinman said.
    — Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Definition of inhales
Verb
  • The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.
    — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
  • What's more, while virtually all VTOLs being developed these days are electric, the Janus-1 is powered by a turboshaft engine that gulps n' burns diesel, kerosene or Jet A fuel.
    — Ben Coxworth October 21, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2025
Definition of gulps

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“Gobbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbles. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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