gobble (2)
21gobble — verb must you gobble your food so? he gobbled down every last crumb the dogs gobbled up their kibble Syn: eat greedily, eat hungrily, guzzle, bolt, gulp (down), devour, wolf (down), gorge (oneself) on; informal tuck into, put away, pack away,… …
22gobble — 1. v.tr. & intr. eat hurriedly and noisily. Derivatives: gobbler n. Etymology: prob. dial. f. GOB(2) 2. v.intr. 1 (of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat. 2 make such a sound when speaking, esp. when excited, angry …
23gobble up — verb eat a large amount of food quickly The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake • Syn: ↑garbage down, ↑shovel in, ↑bolt down • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames …
24gobble down — ˌgobble ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they gobble down he/she/it gobbles down present participle gobbling down past tense …
25gobble down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms gobble down : present tense I/you/we/they gobble down he/she/it gobbles down present participle gobbling down past tense gobbled down past participle gobbled down same as gobble 1) He gobbled down his lunch… …
26Gobble Search — Part of mating and courtship behaviors, the male gobble functions to call in hens to mate. Because males gobble, they have become nicknamed “gobblers.” …
27gobble down — see gobble …
28gobble something up — eat hurriedly and noisily. → gobble …
29Gobble — …
30gobble — gobble1 /gob euhl/, v., gobbled, gobbling. v.t. 1. to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp. 2. to seize upon eagerly (often fol. by up): After being gone for so long, they gobbled up all the local news. v.i. 3. to eat hastily …
