as in devouring
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as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbling
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Simon also has a track record of gobbling up other shopping center properties and outlet centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Hoosiers are watching their electric bills balloon, communities are rallying against energy-gobbling data centers, and government officials, consumer advocates and utilities have competing interests and ideas for how to move forward, including building several nuclear reactors.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
My club kept cutting through the kikuyu grass but completely missing the ball, the impossibly thick rough gobbling up more and more of it with each attempt.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Figure skaters with cats on their heads, dog astronauts gobbling tennis balls, unusually agile horseback riders standing astride multiple animals — these were some of the snippets seen in its short video presentation.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Roughly 1-in-5 California households have housing expenses gobbling up more than half of their incomes.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
Looking to spend an upcoming weekend frolicking in a pumpkin patch, enjoying a hayride or gobbling up some homemade treats?
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2025
Is this the beginning of a long-term trend of AI gobbling up jobs?
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
Short-term rentals have been a hot-button issue for Nantucket, with supporters of tighter limits arguing that wealthy tourists are gobbling up all the housing options for workers and proponents of a more lax policy highlighting how important visitors are to the island’s economy.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Simon also has a track record of gobbling up other shopping center properties and outlet centers.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Hoosiers are watching their electric bills balloon, communities are rallying against energy-gobbling data centers, and government officials, consumer advocates and utilities have competing interests and ideas for how to move forward, including building several nuclear reactors.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
My club kept cutting through the kikuyu grass but completely missing the ball, the impossibly thick rough gobbling up more and more of it with each attempt.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Figure skaters with cats on their heads, dog astronauts gobbling tennis balls, unusually agile horseback riders standing astride multiple animals — these were some of the snippets seen in its short video presentation.
—Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Roughly 1-in-5 California households have housing expenses gobbling up more than half of their incomes.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
Looking to spend an upcoming weekend frolicking in a pumpkin patch, enjoying a hayride or gobbling up some homemade treats?
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2025
Is this the beginning of a long-term trend of AI gobbling up jobs?
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbling
Verb
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This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Video shows orcas hunting great white sharks and devouring their livers.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Essential oils can be used in various ways, such as inhaling them through a diffuser or applying a diluted solution to the skin.—
Emily Brown,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Gobbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbling. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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