gobble

gobble
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, confound, consume, coo, cram, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, damn, deal destruction, decimate, deplete, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, digest, dissolve, drain, drain of resources, drink, drum, eat, eat up, engorge, engulf, erode, exhaust, expend, finish, finish off, gabble, gaggle, glut, gluttonize, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, guggle, gulp, gulp down, gut, gut with fire, guttle, guzzle, havoc, honk, hoo, hoot, imbibe, impoverish, incinerate, ingest, ingurgitate, lay in ruins, lay waste, live to eat, peep, pip, pipe, quack, ravage, raven, roll, ruin, ruinate, scold, shipwreck, sing, slop, slosh, spend, squander, squawk, stuff, suck dry, swallow, swallow up, swill, swill down, throw into disorder, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, use up, vandalize, vaporize, warble, waste, waste away, wear away, whistle, wolf, wolf down, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck

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Synonyms:
(greedily), ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • gobble — Ⅰ. gobble [1] ► VERB (often gobble up) 1) eat hurriedly and noisily. 2) use a large amount of (something) very quickly. DERIVATIVES gobbler noun. ORIGIN probably from GOB(Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • Gobble — Gob ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gobbling}.] [Freq. of 2d gob.] [1913 Webster] 1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. [1913 Webster] Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter (a sound) like… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gobble — Gob ble, n. A noise made in the throat. [1913 Webster] Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gobble — Gob ble, v. i. 1. To eat greedily. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gobble — [v] eat hurriedly cram*, devour, gorge, gulp*, guzzle, ingurgitate, scarf*, stuff*, suck up*, swallow, wolf*; concept 169 Ant. nibble …   New thesaurus

  • gobble — gobble1 [gäb′əl] n. [echoic, var. of GABBLE] the characteristic throaty sound made by a male turkey vi. gobbled, gobbling to make this sound gobble2 [gäb′əl] vt., vi. gobbled, gobbling [prob. freq. formation on base of OFr …   English World dictionary

  • gobble — gob|ble [ gabl ] verb 1. ) gobble or gobble down or gobble up intransitive or transitive to eat something quickly and often noisily 2. ) intransitive to make the sound made by a TURKEY ,gobble up phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL 1. ) to use a lot …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • gobble — [[t]gɒ̱b(ə)l[/t]] gobbles, gobbling, gobbled VERB If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily. [V n] Pete gobbled all the beef stew. Phrasal Verbs: gobble down gobble up …   English dictionary

  • gobble — UK [ˈɡɒb(ə)l] / US [ˈɡɑb(ə)l] verb Word forms gobble : present tense I/you/we/they gobble he/she/it gobbles present participle gobbling past tense gobbled past participle gobbled 1) gobble or gobble down or gobble up [transitive] to eat something …   English dictionary

  • gobble — gob|ble [ˈgɔbəl US ˈga: ] v informal [Sense: 1; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from gob] [Sense: 2; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: From the sound] 1.) also gobble up/down [I and T] to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or ↑greedy… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gobble — {{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… …   Etymology dictionary

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