gobbles in English

verb

1

eat (something) hurriedly and noisily.

one man gobbled up a burger

synonyms: eat greedily, eat hungrily, guzzle, bolt, gulp (down), devour, wolf (down), gorge (oneself) on, tuck into, put away, pack away, demolish, polish off, shovel in/down, stuff one's face with, pig out on, scoff (down/up), scarf (down/up), inhale, gluttonize, gourmandize, ingurgitate

2

(of a male turkey) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat.

Back in 1505, turkeys were still gobbling innocently around America.

verb

• eat greedily, eat hungrily, guzzle, bolt, gulp (down), devour, wolf (down), gorge (oneself) on, tuck into, put away, pack away, demolish, polish off, shovel in/down, stuff one's face with, pig out on, scoff (down/up), scarf (down/up), inhale, gluttonize, gourmandize, ingurgitate
• bolt

Use "gobbles" in a sentence

1. The rent gobbles up half his earnings.

2. 5 The rent gobbles up half his earnings.

3. Sailed through college, picked up academic jargon like a duckling gobbles worms.

4. Even if a bigger corporate fish gobbles it up, your service should continue uninterrupted.

5. A big white heron gallops out of the creek on his gawky orange legs and gobbles it up.

6. “It can dig ninety feet deep and gobbles up thirty-five cubic yards in a single bite,” he continues.

7. The Bunyip, Explained [*] The Bunyip gobbles up children and livestock if they inch too close to the edge of the water