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gobble up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | gobble up - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"garbage down, shovel in, bolt downeat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
Translationsgobble up
gobble up1. To eat something in its entirety very quickly and eagerly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Now that the baby is eating solid food, she just gobbles up anything we put in front of her.2. To use or deplete something quickly and in its entirety. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gobble" and "up." Developers have gobbled up all of the least expensive homes in our neighborhood, unfortunately.See also: gobble, upgobble someone or something upto eat someone or something completely and rapidly. The wolf said that he was going to gobble the little girl up. The wolf wanted to gobble up the little pig.See also: gobble, upgobble something upto use up, buy up, or occupy all of something. The shoppers gobbled all the sale merchandise up in a few hours. They gobbled up everything.See also: gobble, upgobble upv. To eat something completely and in haste: We gobbled up our meal and left for the theater. The babysitter grabbed the brownies and gobbled them up.See also: gobble, upgobble up
Related to gobble up: gobble down, follow suit, catch up, in the first place, the likes ofSynonyms for gobble upverb eat a large amount of food quicklySynonyms- garbage down
- shovel in
- bolt down
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