eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
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. see also gobble
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
gobble up
الواصلة
gob·ble up
التركية النطق
gäbıl ʌp
النطق
/ˈgäbəl ˈəp/ /ˈɡɑːbəl ˈʌp/
علم أصول الكلمات
[ 'gä-b&l ] (transitive verb.) 1601. probably irregular from 1gob.