Gobble
verb
To eat something quickly and in large amounts.
He gobbled up his dinner in a few minutes.
Often appears as...
- gobble up
- gobble down
verb
The sound that a turkey makes.
The turkey gobbled loudly in the barnyard.
Often appears as...
- turkey gobble
- gobble noise
verb
To take or consume something quickly or eagerly.
The company gobbled up the startup for its innovative technology.
Often appears as...
- gobble up opportunities
- gobble up resources
verb
To eat something quickly and in large amounts.
He gobbled up his dinner in a few minutes.
Often appears as...
- gobble up
- gobble down
verb
The sound that a turkey makes.
The turkey gobbled loudly in the barnyard.
Often appears as...
- turkey gobble
- gobble noise
verb
To take or consume something quickly or eagerly.
The company gobbled up the startup for its innovative technology.
Often appears as...
- gobble up opportunities
- gobble up resources
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Eating Quickly
Use 'gobble' when describing someone eating rapidly, often without taking breaks.
She gobbled her pizza as if she hadn't eaten all day.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gobble' is casual and might be used among friends or in relaxed settings, not formal occasions.
At the picnic, everyone gobbled the snacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggeration
'Gobble' can be an exaggeration, used when someone eats fast but not literally as fast as possible.
He always gobbles his food, even when he's not in a hurry.
Pro Tip 1/3Eating Quickly
Use 'gobble' when describing someone eating rapidly, often without taking breaks.
She gobbled her pizza as if she hadn't eaten all day.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gobble' is casual and might be used among friends or in relaxed settings, not formal occasions.
At the picnic, everyone gobbled the snacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggeration
'Gobble' can be an exaggeration, used when someone eats fast but not literally as fast as possible.
He always gobbles his food, even when he's not in a hurry.
Pro Tip 1/3Eating Quickly
Use 'gobble' when describing someone eating rapidly, often without taking breaks.
She gobbled her pizza as if she hadn't eaten all day.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Contexts
'Gobble' is casual and might be used among friends or in relaxed settings, not formal occasions.
At the picnic, everyone gobbled the snacks.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Exaggeration
'Gobble' can be an exaggeration, used when someone eats fast but not literally as fast as possible.
He always gobbles his food, even when he's not in a hurry.
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The beneficial bacteria...
these bacteria convert the ethanol in wine into, well, acetic acid. Let this process continue and you'll eventually get vinegar. Bacteria are the key for cheese, too. To make cheese, milk is inoculated with bacteria. The bacteria gobble up the lactose, a kind of sugar,
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The wonders of the...
Unlike our skeletons, actin filaments are constantly being built and taken apart. The actin cytoskeleton plays incredibly important roles in our cells. They allow them to change shape, to move around, to adhere to surfaces and also to gobble up bacteria.
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The Cosmic Calendar PIPE...
in the ocean by gobbling up the carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen they turned the sky blue and then the oxygenation of the atmosphere created the ozone layer for the first time life was free to leave the oceans for the
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Meet The Lightning Bug...
years this to go from a regular flash to synchrony lots of things are synchronous in nature schools of fish or flocks of birds even turkeys gobbling will often gobble in synchrony but even with the
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The Skull Clue PIPE The...
yeah there's gobblers print right there really yeah she sniffed this oh I can snap that from back here straw hit it Oh hope this helps goal is both good and
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Sea Salps PIPE National...
now what in the world is this it's twice as long as a human body translucent and kind of glowing thousands of hungry mouths pulsate ready to gobble up
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
problem with predators other fish will do whatever it takes to get cichlid babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer
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The Crafty Catfish...
problem with predators other fish will do whatever it takes to get cichlid babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer
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Words worth knowing from...
stock so this comes from the past tense of a German word meaning to gobble and before I learned that I had never
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Forest Trail Mix PIPE The...
look at that you're gonna help me huh - improve gobble oh yeah jackpot yeah good girl got some food yeah I see
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The beneficial bacteria...
these bacteria convert the ethanol in wine into, well, acetic acid. Let this process continue and you'll eventually get vinegar. Bacteria are the key for cheese, too. To make cheese, milk is inoculated with bacteria. The bacteria gobble up the lactose, a kind of sugar,
Video examples
The wonders of the...
Unlike our skeletons, actin filaments are constantly being built and taken apart. The actin cytoskeleton plays incredibly important roles in our cells. They allow them to change shape, to move around, to adhere to surfaces and also to gobble up bacteria.
Video examples
The Cosmic Calendar PIPE...
in the ocean by gobbling up the carbon dioxide and giving off oxygen they turned the sky blue and then the oxygenation of the atmosphere created the ozone layer for the first time life was free to leave the oceans for the
Video examples
Meet The Lightning Bug...
years this to go from a regular flash to synchrony lots of things are synchronous in nature schools of fish or flocks of birds even turkeys gobbling will often gobble in synchrony but even with the
Video examples
The Skull Clue PIPE The...
yeah there's gobblers print right there really yeah she sniffed this oh I can snap that from back here straw hit it Oh hope this helps goal is both good and
Video examples
Sea Salps PIPE National...
now what in the world is this it's twice as long as a human body translucent and kind of glowing thousands of hungry mouths pulsate ready to gobble up
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
problem with predators other fish will do whatever it takes to get cichlid babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer
Video examples
The Crafty Catfish...
problem with predators other fish will do whatever it takes to get cichlid babies and gobble them up just scaring them off isn't the answer
Video examples
Words worth knowing from...
stock so this comes from the past tense of a German word meaning to gobble and before I learned that I had never
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Forest Trail Mix PIPE The...
look at that you're gonna help me huh - improve gobble oh yeah jackpot yeah good girl got some food yeah I see
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don't prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.
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Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I want to do this for as long as I possibly can and coach as many different teams and opportunities and different kind of personalities. I want to gobble that all up. And I want to be able to give and add value to these teams.
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Jim James
American Musician
I feel like the world gets so consumed and gobbled up by action, and the pace of life is so frantic, and people feel like, in order to move somebody, you have to do something shocking or violent or something insane and fast.
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Cynthia McKinney
American Politician
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.
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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
We're not the only mammals who are partial to blackberries, far from it. Foxes and badgers will also gobble them up, helping to distribute the seeds, which survive the transit through the gut.
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Alice Walker
American Author
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.
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James Patterson
American Author
The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.
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Teresa Medeiros
American Novelist
If you're not careful, the Internet will gobble up your entire life.
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Kara Hayward
American Actress
I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don't prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.
Quote examples
Erik Spoelstra
American Coach
I want to do this for as long as I possibly can and coach as many different teams and opportunities and different kind of personalities. I want to gobble that all up. And I want to be able to give and add value to these teams.
Quote examples
Jim James
American Musician
I feel like the world gets so consumed and gobbled up by action, and the pace of life is so frantic, and people feel like, in order to move somebody, you have to do something shocking or violent or something insane and fast.
Quote examples
Cynthia McKinney
American Politician
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.
Quote examples
Alice Roberts
English Scientist
We're not the only mammals who are partial to blackberries, far from it. Foxes and badgers will also gobble them up, helping to distribute the seeds, which survive the transit through the gut.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
Well, capitalism is a big problem, because with capitalism you're just going to keep buying and selling things until there's nothing else to buy and sell, which means gobbling up the planet.
Quote examples
Douglas MacArthur
American General
Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.
Quote examples
James Patterson
American Author
The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.
Quote examples
Teresa Medeiros
American Novelist
If you're not careful, the Internet will gobble up your entire life.
Quote examples
Kara Hayward
American Actress
I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.
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