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gobbling up

gobbling up is the present participle and gerund 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 gobbling up

What is gobbling up the present participle and gerund of?
Gobbling up is the present participle and gerund of gobble up.

Words near gobbling up in the dictionary

  1. gobbles down
  2. gobbles up
  3. gobblesome
  4. gobbling
  5. gobbling down
  6. gobbling up
  7. gobblings
  8. gobbly
  9. gobbly-gook
  10. gobblygook
  11. gobblygooks

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