gobbleverb
uk/ˈɡɒb.əl/us/ˈɡɑː.bəl/gobble verb (EAT)
[ I or T ] informal to eat food too fast:
She gobbled her dinner (down/up).
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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gobble verb (MAKE NOISE)
[ I ] to make the sound of a male turkey
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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Phrasal verb(s)
gobble sth up