gobble
1 Americanverb (used without object)
noun
noun
interjection
verb
verb
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to eat or swallow (food) hastily and in large mouthfuls
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informal to snatch
Etymology
Origin of gobble1
1595–1605; probably imitative; gob 1, -le
Origin of gobble2
First recorded in 1670–80; variant of gabble
Example Sentences
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For all the recent worries that AI will destroy whole industries and gobble up tech’s cash, Chronert says the ongoing spending boom will boost profits this year.
From Barron's
For all the recent worries that AI will destroy whole industries and gobble up tech’s cash, Chronert says the ongoing spending boom will boost profits this year.
From Barron's
And it's while the attempt to constrain the pay bill that gobbles 55% of day-to-day spending is coming unstuck, two years into a three-year cap.
From BBC
She already believed that the bottoms were full of things that could gobble me up.
From Literature
In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.
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