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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 byup ).
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 /
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
gobble
2/ ˈɡɒə /
verb
to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls
informalto snatch
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gobble1
Origin of gobble2
Example Sentences
And they expect me to gobble up that bait, like some sort of fool?
The toxins accumulate in filter-feeding fish, and then poison larger mammals who gobble up the fish in mass quantities.
And that means departments whose budgets are gobbled up by providing public services every day, like police officers, care for the vulnerable or primary schools, are likely to feel the heat.
Europa League final player ratings - who was 'heroic' and who was 'gobbled up'?
Those ideas all came from a simple thesis: that capitalism is amoral and will gobble up anything it’s allowed to gobble up.
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