to gobble
16
2.6
- verb
- /ˈɡɑbəl/
:
comer deprisa
- The next morning all the sprouts were gone, as if somebody had gobbled them up.
Interestingly I can gobble anti inflammatories like tic tacs.
- Interestingly I can gobble anti inflammatories like tic tacs.
- But before then, like the whole reindeer snacks, the cookies, and then I'll gobble some up while they're sleeping.
- And when you're starving, those crumbs are gobbled up and cherished because you're so hungry.
Examples
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They gobbled it up, like a chocolate éclair.
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Throughout July, I'd been offering Charlotte various sleeping tablets,... ..which she gobbled down happily.
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And then you put one end in your mouth, and without using our hands, we see who can gobble it down fastest.
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My father, bent over, gobbles the food as if this is his last meal on earth.
Fiction book (1995) -
NARRATOR 2: The animals surge inside, gobbling up as much food as they can.
Fiction book (1999) -
You cannot just gobble this stuff like Tic Tacs and expect to turn out well.
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I tore into the sandwich, realized I was gobbling out of frustration, and made myself eat more slowly.
Fiction book (1999) -
Now, healthy doggy Rocky cares about his poor sick friend Taffy, but he still quickly gobbled up the treat.
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The audience in Worcester eagerly gobbled up the whole apple pie served by Stormer.
Academic text (1992) -
The children were so hungry that they gobbled their food without even stopping to talk.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Put food or drink into your mouth, chew it and swallow it
26
8.0
To eat food quickly and eagerly
19
3.0
To eat something quickly and eagerly
13
2.9
To eat food quickly because you are very hungry
7
5.8
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
6
3.1
To eat or drink something quickly without stopping
2
4.4
To eat food very quickly without chewing properly
2
4.0
To eat a lot of food eagerly
2
3.7
Eat all the food very quickly
1
5.7
To eat a lot of food quickly while enjoying it
To eat or drink very quickly, often without chewing
To eat something quickly and enjoy it
To eat or drink noisily over and over
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Fast
- Informal
7
5.8
13
2.9
16
2.6
∞
1.0
56
2.0
5
4.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gobble comes from a word that copies the quick, noisy sound of swallowing and is linked to the short word gob, which can mean 'mouth' or 'to swallow'. So to gobble food is to eat it fast and often loudly.