gobbles (up)

Definition of gobbles (up)next
present tense third-person singular of gobble (up)

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Verb
  • Its board of directors has six seats, with elections staggered so that half of the board turns over at a time.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • After over a decade as a villain to the Avengers, Simon ultimately turns over a new leaf and becomes a longstanding member of the team.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.
    Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Somewhere off the coast of Massachusetts, a small team of volunteers scans the Atlantic Ocean every single day — not with satellites, not with tracking chips, but with their own eyes, binoculars and drones.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Gobbles (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbles%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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