as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbled
The good ones either became unicorns or were gobbled up by big tech.
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Gene Marks, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Ira, Isaiah Stevens is going to get gobbled up by one of those scouts at the Showcase.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
Comcast lacks popular lifestyle channels — the type that Discovery gobbled up through its 2018 acquisition of Scripps Networks, which folded HGTV, Travel Channel and Food Network into Zaslav’s company.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The same company that gobbled up virtually every American wrestling territory during Vince McMahon’s aggressive expansion throughout the 1980s could repeat the phenomenon on a global scale with the access that Netflix provides.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
Lincoln had granted clemency to a turkey named Jack belonging to his son Tad Lincoln, that had originally been slated to be gobbled up at the family's Christmas dinner in 1863.
—Emily Hung, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
The about 17-week-old turkeys gobbled and strutted around the famed Willard InterContinental Washington Hotel during the press conference.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
The Bottom Line With most of the big fish of US shale having now been gobbled up by larger predators, the main motivation behind future consolidation will focus on acquiring high numbers of future quality drilling locations to extend the life of the buyers.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Over the next two decades, America's radio stations would be gobbled up by a handful of conglomerates such as Clear Channel, now known as iHeartMedia.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Gene Marks, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Ira, Isaiah Stevens is going to get gobbled up by one of those scouts at the Showcase.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
Comcast lacks popular lifestyle channels — the type that Discovery gobbled up through its 2018 acquisition of Scripps Networks, which folded HGTV, Travel Channel and Food Network into Zaslav’s company.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
The same company that gobbled up virtually every American wrestling territory during Vince McMahon’s aggressive expansion throughout the 1980s could repeat the phenomenon on a global scale with the access that Netflix provides.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
Lincoln had granted clemency to a turkey named Jack belonging to his son Tad Lincoln, that had originally been slated to be gobbled up at the family's Christmas dinner in 1863.
—Emily Hung, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
The about 17-week-old turkeys gobbled and strutted around the famed Willard InterContinental Washington Hotel during the press conference.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
The Bottom Line With most of the big fish of US shale having now been gobbled up by larger predators, the main motivation behind future consolidation will focus on acquiring high numbers of future quality drilling locations to extend the life of the buyers.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Over the next two decades, America's radio stations would be gobbled up by a handful of conglomerates such as Clear Channel, now known as iHeartMedia.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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