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gobbles up

gobbles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 gobbles up

What is gobbles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gobbles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gobble up.

Words near gobbles up in the dictionary

  1. gobblefunk
  2. gobbler
  3. gobblers
  4. gobbles
  5. gobbles down
  6. gobbles up
  7. gobblesome
  8. gobbling
  9. gobbling down
  10. gobbling up
  11. gobblings

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