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gobble  (gobbles 3rd person present) (gobbling present participle) (gobbled past tense & past participle )If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily.  verb 
Pete gobbled all the beef stew.  V n 
  Gobble down and gobble up mean the same as  gobble., phrasal verb 
1  phrasal verb If an organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it. 
Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the mid-west by gobbling up smaller banks.  V P n (not pron), Also V n P 
2  phrasal verb To gobble up something such as money means to use or waste a lot of it. 
The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.  V P n (not pron), Also V n P 
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