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   gobble

   /ˈɡɒbl/

   verb

   • 1. eat (something) hurriedly and noisily: "he gobbled up the rest of his sandwich"
   • ▪ use a large amount of (something) very quickly: "these old houses just gobble up money"
   • ▪ (of a large organization) incorporate or take over (a smaller one): "this small department was gobbled up by the Ministry of Transport"

   Word Origin early 17th century: probably from gob1.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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