gobble (2)
11gobble — {{11}}gobble (1) eat greedily, c.1600, probably partly echoic, partly frequentative of gob, via gobben drink something greedily. Related: Gobbled; gobbling. {{12}}gobble (2) make a turkey noise, 1670s, probably imitative, perhaps influenced by… …
12gobble — verb informal 1 (I, T) also gobble up to eat something very quickly or in a way people do not consider polite: Don t gobble your food! 2 (T) also gobble up to finish a supply of something quickly: Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases. 3… …
13gobble up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gobble up : present tense I/you/we/they gobble up he/she/it gobbles up present participle gobbling up past tense gobbled up past participle gobbled up informal 1) to use a lot of something very quickly The… …
14gobble — I. transitive verb (gobbled; gobbling) Etymology: probably irregular from 1gob Date: 1601 1. to swallow or eat greedily 2. to take eagerly ; grab usually used with up 3. to read rapidly or greedily usually used with up II …
15gobble up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If an organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it. [V P n (not pron)] Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the mid west by gobbling up smaller banks. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB To… …
16gobble — to practise fellatio on Usually in phrases using meat2 imagery or in explicit slang: If he pays some chippie to gobble his pork...(Diehl, 1978) I had her gobbling my pecker behind the lifeboats. (M. Thomas, 1980) Also as a noun:… …
17gobble — verb Gobble is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑turkey …
18gobble — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, batten, bleed white, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, burn up, cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock a doodle doo, condemn …
19gobble — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Picturesque if indelicate Glasgow term for fellatio. Gonny gie s a gobble hen Rub mah tits furst, ah m no a cow ye know! …
20gobble — gobble1 verb (often gobble something up) eat hurriedly and noisily. ↘use a large amount of (resources) very quickly. Derivatives gobbler noun Origin C17: prob. from gob2. gobble2 verb (of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in… …
