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
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
Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At its nadir, when Rayya is gobbling morphine pills and shooting cocaine and snarling at hospice nurses, Gilbert begins questioning the nature of existence.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Nelson gladly took food, typically gobbling it up with his tongue instead of holding it in his mouth, according to the paper.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Days revolve around family time on the sand, paddling on the water, and gobbling scrumptious seafood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
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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
Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At its nadir, when Rayya is gobbling morphine pills and shooting cocaine and snarling at hospice nurses, Gilbert begins questioning the nature of existence.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Nelson gladly took food, typically gobbling it up with his tongue instead of holding it in his mouth, according to the paper.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Days revolve around family time on the sand, paddling on the water, and gobbling scrumptious seafood.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbling
Verb
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There’s an immediacy to devouring the music.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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To stay alive, Pi must now find a way to co-habitate with a companion who has other ideas, such as devouring him.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Simply inhaling for four counts and exhaling for four counts brings oxygen to your muscles, reducing the emotion's intensity and relaxing the body.—
Juli Fraga,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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In particular, inhaling Aspergillus fumigatus can cause serious lung problems, including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, aspergilloma, allergic asthma, pneumonitis and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.
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