gobble
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gob·ble /ˈɡɒbəl $ ˈɡɑː-/ verb informal 1 (also gobble up/down) [intransitive, transitive]EAT to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way 狼吞虎咽，大嚼〔某物〕 SYN wolf Don’t gobble your food! 吃东西别狼吞虎咽的！ She gobbled down her lunch. 她几口就吃完了午饭。2. [intransitive]HBB to make a sound like a turkey 〔像火鸡一样〕咯咯叫3 gobble sth↔ up phrasal verb informal a) if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it 吞并〔较小的公司〕 Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA. 法国航空公司吞并了它在法国的两个主要竞争对手——法国国内航空公司和法国联合航空运输公司。b) to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land 很快消耗掉〔钱款、土地等〕 Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases. 通货膨胀抵消了我们工资的增长。c) to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way 狼吞虎咽地吃 We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening. 我们一个晚上就把蛋糕全部吃光了。 —gobble noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
gobble• I heard wild turkeys gobbling and saw white-tailed deer.• For three mornings I watched her gobble eggs.• The big fish, seeing the little one there, glides into the basket to gobble him up.• We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.• Housing costs gobble up almost half of our budget.• Somehow a collection for the next few months was cobbled together and gobbled up by the hungry customers.• Not that it stopped her from gobbling up every cultural titbit dropped before her.Origin gobble 1. (1600-1700) Probably from gob2. (1600-1700) From the soundgob·ble verbChineseSyllable
very eat especially Corpus something to quickly,
gobble
gob‧ble /ˈɡɒbəl $ ˈɡɑː-/
verb informal
Origin: Probably from gob
Origin: From the sound1. (also gobble up/down) [intransitive and transitive] to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way
SYN wolf:
Don’t gobble your food!
She gobbled down her lunch.
2. [intransitive] to make a sound like a turkey
—gobble noun [countable]
gobble sth↔ up phrasal verb informal
1. if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it:
Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.
2. to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land:
Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
3. to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way:
We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.
gob‧ble /ˈɡɒbəl $ ˈɡɑː-/
verb informal Sense 1
Date: 1600-1700Origin: Probably from gob
Sense 2
Date: 1600-1700Origin: From the sound
SYN wolf:
2. [intransitive] to make a sound like a turkey
—gobble noun [countable]
gobble sth↔ up phrasal verb informal
1. if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it:
2. to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land:
3. to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way:
