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gobbled up

gobbled up is the simple past and past participle of gobble up.

Meaning of gobble up

Verb

gobble up (third-person singular simple present gobbles up, present participle gobbling up, simple past and past participle gobbled up)

  1. (transitive) To consume [something] rapidly.
    • supper gobbled up in haste1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady
    Synonyms:
    forsling
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To continually absorb or expand through annexation.
    • The city grew over the years by gobbling up land around its limits.

Questions about gobbled up

What is gobbled up the simple past and past participle of?
Gobbled up is the simple past and past participle of gobble up.

Words near gobbled up in the dictionary

  1. gobble up
  2. gobble-pipe
  3. gobble-pipes
  4. gobbled
  5. gobbled down
  6. gobbled up
  7. gobbledegoo
  8. gobbledegook
  9. gobbledegooker
  10. gobbledegookers
  11. gobbledegooks

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