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gobble
1[ gob-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
Synonyms: ,
- to seize upon eagerly (often followed by up ):
After being gone for so long, they gobbled up all the local news.
verb (used without object)
- to eat hastily.
gobble
2[ gob-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to make the characteristic throaty cry of a male turkey.
noun
- the cry itself.
gobble
1/ ˈɡɒə /
verb
- whentr, often foll by up to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls
- informal.troften foll byup to snatch
gobble
2/ ˈɡɒə /
noun
- the loud rapid gurgling sound made by male turkeys
interjection
- an imitation of this sound
verb
- intr (of a turkey) to make this sound
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gobble1
Origin of gobble2
Example Sentences
Those ideas all came from a simple thesis: that capitalism is amoral and will gobble up anything it’s allowed to gobble up.
A network of brokers — many of them in the Korean community — gobbled up several prime slots and then peddled them on social media, especially on the Korean app KakaoTalk.
It gobbled up my sorrows with its gaping mouth of everything-ness.
Shockingly, this superior sequel only snagged four nominations — best picture plus three technical categories — when it deserved to gobble them up like a Shai-Hulud.
For 11 games in a row now, Scotland have been salmon leaping and Ireland have been the grizzlies waiting at falls-edge to gobble them up.
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