gobble up

Verb

Meaning

eat a large amount of food quickly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shovel in bolt down garbage down wolf gorge bolt take down munch guzzle eat drink consume digest swallow
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Antonyms

gnaw build sample taste pick abstain
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Hypernyms

eat

Examples

I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page. Laurie Halse Anderson

Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources. Cynthia McKinney

I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books. Kara Hayward

The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another. James Patterson

The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake Source: Internet

Kenya's path to oil riches has been slippery, with expensive trials likely to gobble up most of the revenue from the project. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gobbinsite gobble gobble hole gobble-pipe gobbledegoo gobbledegook