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GOBBLE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eat a large amount of food quickly

Example:

The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake

Synonyms:

bolt down; garbage down; gobble up; shovel in

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "gobble up" is one way to...):

eat (take in solid food)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They gobble up more bread

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