Gobbling is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gobbling meaning
- The act of eating greedily and noisily.
- The sound of a turkey vocalising.
Using Gobbling
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of eating greedily and noisily. | The sound of a turkey vocalising.
- In the example corpus, gobbling often appears in combinations such as: gobbling up, are gobbling, is gobbling.
Context around Gobbling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gobbling
- In this selection, "gobbling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, six, data, destruction, measures, down and glizzies stand out and add context to how "gobbling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alexo still gobbling a zagnut and all been gobbling down jaffa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gobbling" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gobbling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It's even cooler when they start gobbling really loudly since it echos far. (14 words)
The truth is, it seems we've all been gobbling down Jaffa Cakes upside down! (15 words)
Free and easy to use, the services are gobbling up record numbers of new users. (15 words)
But, with so many geeky events gobbling up San Antonian's dollars and a less-than-ideal date of November 30 — the Saturday after Thanksgiving — there's no telling whether their crowds will grow to match. (36 words)
Government continues to create new districts, bye-elections, embarking on a new voters register gobbling millions of dollars, establishing a new national airline and new airports and buying state-of-the art presidential plane. (34 words)
It’s this plot that ends up gobbling up much of the film’s running time, as it throws out character development in favour of gratuitous worldbuilding and a CGI-laden, bloated battle sequence. (34 words)
The truth is, it seems we've all been gobbling down Jaffa Cakes upside down! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
From a perspective of a veteran turkey hunter and guide, Charles said the gobblers were active that second morning, and they could hear five or six gobbling in their classic turkey woods setting.
On the other, as the entire Tik Tok debacle rightly or wrongly suggests, you’ve got nation states insisting that surveillance and other data-gobbling measures are hidden inside apps from those nations.
She is ravenous for destruction, gobbling up every experience, be it grossly luxurious or lushly repulsive.
Warren wants the FTC to look back at other deals involving some of these large retailers as well as certain health insurers that are gobbling up doctor practices.
Alexo, still gobbling a Zagnut, said, “We need to extract your whereabouts for the day you were away.
Costco and BJ's, Usually Go-Tos for Everyday Goods, Now Gobbling Up Discretionary Market Sharewsj.
The truth is, it seems we've all been gobbling down Jaffa Cakes upside down!
You know you’re that dude when someone says you’re the Michael Jordan of whatever you do even if that thing is gobbling glizzies.
You wouldn’t find any cake flinging — only cake gobbling — going on in the Balchin household.
Free and easy to use, the services are gobbling up record numbers of new users.
Government continues to create new districts, bye-elections, embarking on a new voters register gobbling millions of dollars, establishing a new national airline and new airports and buying state-of-the art presidential plane.
He recounted how Michael built a reputation for gobbling up publishing after his highly publicized purchase of The Beatles catalog.
It’s the time of year for turkeys to mate, which leads to aggressive tom (male turkey) behaviors like loud gobbling and feathered strutting.
This is just gobbling money, and argue with me fairly, not your usual response of referring to people who are truthful as being sent by the devil.
Also, rather than gobbling up your food all at once, make sure that the food you consume should be divided into several small meals at regular intervals.
As the cop makes his way back to his motorcycle, he’s suddenly confronted by a turkey, in full plumage, staring at him accusingly, gobbling away.
But, with so many geeky events gobbling up San Antonian's dollars and a less-than-ideal date of November 30 — the Saturday after Thanksgiving — there's no telling whether their crowds will grow to match.
Employees have been hit hard by the increase of premiums since some of the funeral assurance companies are gobbling up to 40% of employees' salaries.
It's even cooler when they start gobbling really loudly since it echos far.
It’s this plot that ends up gobbling up much of the film’s running time, as it throws out character development in favour of gratuitous worldbuilding and a CGI-laden, bloated battle sequence.
Common combinations with gobbling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gobbling up 16×
- are gobbling 3×
- is gobbling 3×
- still gobbling 2×