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gobble (oh)



[Sense: 1; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from gob]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1600-1700; Origin: From the sound]
also gobble up/down
[I and T] to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way
-synonym wolf wolf
::Don't gobble your food!
::She gobbled down her lunch.
[I] to make a sound like a turkey
-- gobble n [C]
gobble sth up [gobble sth¡û¡ú up] phr v
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.
to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land
::Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way
::We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.