Crossword clues for gobbled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gobble \Gob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] [Freq. of 2d gob.]
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To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
Supper gobbled up in haste.
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To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
--Goldsmith.To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: gobble)
Usage examples of "gobbled".
Bronze-haired Liami, who bounced in and out of beds with the same verve as she gobbled dessert treats on holidays.
There was a frisk of movement just at the corner of Bob's eye, and a high-pitched squeal as one of the coydogs snatched a bat from the air and gobbled it down, the wings fluttering against its chin.
Foam quickly doused the yacht fire, the oil-pollution material gobbled up the spilt petroleum and kinetics held back additional oil loss by pressure until the teleports could get the conveniently handy plates into position.
She wanted to know what had happened to Big Hungry after it had gobbled the black crystal.
One of the Turs gobbled his down as if he hadn't eaten in days ‘He didn't know the Cats had packed us rations,’ Lenny said.
The little warriors seemed to take turns diving at the evil rainfall, their spouts of flame reducing the terror to char, which fell as ashes to the surface of the lake, where quick fish mouths gobbled it up.
He gobbled down some meatrolls, casually winked at Brand as he sauntered out of the Hall, overwhelmingly glad that he had a handy excuse in his suspected affair with Corana.
Her exertions had reduced the rolls in her pouch to crumby fragments, which she gobbled as fast as she could find them.
The little queen had gobbled Sebell's initial offering, her tail wrapping so firmly about his wrist that he could not have disentangled himself had he managed to sustain his moment of sacrifice.
He gobbled down the food, and when he was offered a second helping, he took as much again.
She leaned back among the flowers and admired the view while the Queen gobbled with Vendacious.
The pack gobbled something that sounded to Ravna like strangling songbirds.
Then she gobbled something back, and Pilgrim translated: "You recognize me?
A huge hunk of the Milky Way galaxy had been gobbled up by the Slowness, all in a single afternoon.
There were slices of Hungarian salami with little spots of white mold on them: these he gobbled up, chewing slowly, letting the rich saltiness fill his muzzle, closing his eyes with delight.