gob up

verb7

1. •
   To gobble; to consume.

   • Everyone at the table now had their eyes fixed on Lantier, who, quietly seated beside Coupeau, was gobbing up the last piece of Savoy cake, which he sopped in his glass of wine. — 1909
2. •
   To hawk up; To force phlegm or other viscous fluid up through the throat.

   • ... loinclothed figures bang metal in the gloom, sparks flying from the bellows; a man gobs up a crimson splat of betel juice; a wreath of acrid smoke hangs over a dung fire. — 2016
3. •
   To coat with a gooey substance.

   • The manager tells us this is really bad, as he puts a red bandana over his face, and we gob up the Vicks gel under our noses. — 2000
4. •
   To add too many embellishments.

   • His prose is generous, unhurried, and far too tasteful to gob up the page with theory. — 2001
5. •
   To pack or fill with waste material.

   • There is no waste dump at the surface, and none of the contents of the lode as yet broken down have been so poor in silver as to be thrown away or used for gobbing up. — 1885
6. •
   To clog or become clogged.

   • Nothing gobs up the creative flow more than the image of a fat, lonely, middle-aged insurance salesman lying on his bed and pulling on his weenie while he listens to my words coming over the line — 1993
7. •
   To form clumps.

   • It is good to let the glue get nice and thick through many renewals, but if the glue gobs up unevenly, remove it with a scraper and hot air gun. — 1988