GOBBLES Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

gobbles

verb

Definition of gobbles next

present tense third-person singular of gobble

as in devours

to swallow or eat greedily gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days

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Recent Examples of gobbles Harry How / Getty Images Fantasy baseball was once the focal point of the fantasy industry, and now it’s been subsumed nearly completely by football, which gobbles up 75% of the market. —

Michael Salfino, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 As George takes Mabel on a tour of his kingdom, Ellen gobbles up a fish, while a friendly worm gets abruptly carried off by a bird that swoops in from the sky. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026 And whenever one company gobbles up another, the predator tends to affect the prey. —

Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025

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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.

— Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026