gobble

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.tr.

1. To devour in greedy gulps.
2. To take greedily; grab: gobbled up the few remaining tickets.

v.intr.
To eat greedily or rapidly.

[Frequentative of Middle English gobben, to drink greedily, probably from gobbe, lump, mouthful. See gob¹.]

gob·ble² (gŏb'əl)
n.
The guttural, chortling sound of a male turkey.

intr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.
To make this sound.

[Imitative.]

verb

To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts: bolt, down, englut, engorge, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, swill, wolf. See ingestion.

v

Definition: eat hurriedly
Antonyms: nibble

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1. To consume, usu.: used with ‘up’. “The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer.”

2. To obtain, usu.: used with ‘down’. “I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow.” See also snarf.

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IN BRIEF: To eat quickly and greedily.

The children needed to be reminded not to gobble their food at dinner.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - sluge
v. intr. - pludre

idioms:

• gobble down    kaste sig over, sluge
• gobble up    sluge, gøre kål på

2.
v. intr. - pludre
n. - pludren

Nederlands (Dutch)
geklok (kalkoen), klokken, schrokken

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - engloutir
v. intr. - engloutir, se goinfrer

idioms:

• gobble down    engloutir, engouffrer, avaler gloutonnement
• gobble up    (lit, fig) engloutir, engouffrer

2.
v. intr. - glouglouter (la dinde), se goinfrer (qn)
n. - glouglou (d'une dinde)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - verschlingen, hinuntergießen

idioms:

• gobble down    verschlingen
• gobble up    verschlingen, sich einverleiben

2.
v. - kollern
n. - Kollern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταβροχθίζω, χάφτω, κακαρίζω, γλουγλουκίζω
n. - γλουγλούκισμα

idioms:

• gobble down    χλαπακιάζω
• gobble up    κάνω μια χαψιά

Italiano (Italian)
trangugiare, ingoiare, gloglottare

idioms:

• gobble down    trangugiare
• gobble up    divorare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gorgolejar, devorar, engolir com pressa
n. - gluglu (m) (voz do peru)

idioms:

• gobble down    devorar
• gobble up    arrebatar, arrancar, agarrar

Русский (Russian)
быстро и шумно есть, жрать, злобно бормотать, кулдыкать (об индюке), злобное бормотание, индюшиное кулдыканье

idioms:

• gobble down    шумно и быстро жрать
• gobble up    проглотить (чужое)

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - engullir, devorar, gluglutear
v. intr. - engullir, devorar, gluglutear

idioms:

• gobble down    comer ávidamente
• gobble up    comer atropelladamente

2.
v. intr. - emitir el grito característico del pavo
n. - grito característico del pavo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - glufsa i sig, lägga beslag på, slafsa, klucka (som en el. om kalkon)
n. - kluckande, lyckad putt (golf)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 狼吞虎咽, 急急抓住

idioms:

• gobble down    狼吞虎咽地吃
• gobble up    急切地抓住, 掠夺, 狼吞虎咽地吃

2. 火鸡叫声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 火雞叫聲

2.
v. tr. - 狼吞虎咽, 急急抓住
v. intr. - 狼吞虎嚥

idioms:

• gobble down    狼吞虎嚥地吃
• gobble up    急切地抓住, 掠奪, 狼吞虎嚥地吃

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 덤비다, 게걸스레 먹다
v. intr. - 게걸스럽게 먹다

idioms:

• gobble down    게걸스레 먹다
• gobble up    덤비다

2.
v. intr. - (칠면조가) 꼬르륵하고 울다
n. - 칠면조가 우는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - がつがつ食う, ひっつかまえる, がつがつ食べる
n. - ガブル

idioms:

• gobble down    むしゃぶりつく
• gobble up    むしゃぶりつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلتهم (الاسم) صوت الديك : كركرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זלל, אכל בלהיטות‬
v. intr. - ‮זלל, אכל בלהיטות‬
n. - ‮קרקר (כתרנגול הודו)‬

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