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gobble up

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gob⋅ble

1  [gob-uhl] verb, -bled, -bling.
Use gobble up in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
2. to seize upon eagerly (often fol. by up): After being gone for so long, they gobbled up all the local news.
–verb (used without object)
3. to eat hastily.
Origin:
1595–1605; prob. imit.; see gob 1 , -le

Synonyms:
1. bolt, devour.
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Word Origin & History

gobble  (2)
"turkey noise," 1680, probably imitative.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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