gobble

Everyday

1. To eat something very quickly and greedily. tree →
2. (of a turkey) To make the throaty gobble-gobble sound. tree →
3. To gobble up is to use up or take over something quickly, like money or land. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, parents tell children not to gobble their food. In stories, the wolf gobbles up Grandma. On farms and at Thanksgiving, turkeys gobble. In money talk, fees gobble up savings. Phrases: gobble up, gobble down.

Examples

• Don't gobble your dinner; chew slowly. tree →
• The wolf gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood's grandma. tree →
• The turkey gobbled at the farmer. tree →
• The dog gobbled the sausage before anyone could stop it. tree →
• Big companies gobble up little shops. tree →
• My game gobbles up all the phone's battery. tree →
• Whereupon he tore open Drumikin and gobbled up Lambikin. tree →

Note

Regular verb: gobbled. Gobbledygook (or gobbledegook) means nonsense language. Eating too fast can make you choke, so chew well.