gobble

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gobble down

To eat something very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "down." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles down anything we put in front of her.

gobble up

1. To eat something in its entirety very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles up anything we put in front of her.

2. To use or deplete something quickly and in its entirety. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Developers have gobbled up all of the least expensive homes in our neighborhood, unfortunately.

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gobble someone or something up

to eat someone or something completely and rapidly. The wolf said that he was going to gobble the little girl up. The wolf wanted to gobble up the little pig.

See also: gobble, up

gobble something down

to eat something very fast, swallowing large chunks. The dog gobbled the meat down in seconds. The cat gobbled down the sardines.

gobble something up

to use up, buy up, or occupy all of something. The shoppers gobbled all the sale merchandise up in a few hours. They gobbled up everything.

See also: gobble, up

gobble down

To eat something completely and in haste, especially by swallowing large amounts at a time: The family gobbled down the peach pie. I was so hungry that when they gave me food, I gobbled it down.

gobble up

To eat something completely and in haste: We gobbled up our meal and left for the theater. The babysitter grabbed the brownies and gobbled them up.

See also: gobble, up

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If a gobbler is close, sometimes this will induce a shock gobble when a hen call won't.

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Then, like a lightning bolt touching down within arm's reach, 01' Tom lets out a gobble right next to you.

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The online Oregon Live reported, "Since the first Give N' Gobble, the event has raised more than $100,000 and 20 tons of donated food.

Giving on Thanksgiving

Gobble Gobble Give is looking for volunteers on every level who donate food, money, money and/or clothing this upcoming Thanksgiving day by cooking, warming, packaging and delivering food to the homeless in one of the 5 participating cities this year.

14th Annual Gobble Gobble Give to Serve Thanksgiving Meals

Cathryn Falwell creates a highly enjoyable learning experience in Gobble Gobble.

Gobble Gobble

Boston concluded, "My advice to Sheriff Gobble is simple: Don't quit your day job of arresting bad guys.

Tennessee sheriff uses web site to peddle 'Christian nation' view

GOBBLE GOBBLE I'M THANKFUL TOM MADE A WISH THAT THE PILGRIMS WOULD DISCOVER TOFU

The first thanksgiving or "what a bunch of turkeys!"

But you can still kill them, even when they are henned up, even when they don't gobble and even when it doesn't seem like they want to come to a call.

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If at some point he starts to gobble again, keep the communication lines open.

Reasons for the hang up: keeping lines of communication open during Spring Turkey season

The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book" is a lusty, noisy, merry farm animals' sounds story that will charm children ages 2-6.

The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book

I spent a happy evening there recently in a cafA called Squat and Gobble.

Loose Woman

A turkey gobble on a quiet, cool, spring morning will take your breath away.

Fine spring morning

Its high-pitched yap-yap-yap evokes a distant gobble.

Piney woods longbeards

Finally, after moving to another spot during mid-morning, I got two toms to gobble at my call.