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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGobble
/ˈɡɒb.əl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To eat something quickly and greedily.
"He was so hungry that he gobbled up his entire dinner in minutes." - 2
To use up a resource or quantity of something rapidly and in large amounts.
"The new software application tends to gobble up available memory."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, the verb is imitative of the sound made by a turkey or the action of swallowing food hastily. The phrasal extension 'gobble up' developed in the 19th century to denote eager or greedy consumption.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gobble" is said worldwide
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dévorer
Transliteration: dey-vo-rey
"Il a dévoré tout son repas en quelques minutes."
verschlingen
Transliteration: fer-shling-en
"Er hat sein Abendessen schnell verschlungen."
divorare
Transliteration: di-vo-ra-re
"Ha divorato tutto il pasto in pochi minuti."
devorar
Transliteration: de-bo-rar
"Devoró toda su comida en pocos minutos."
devorar
Transliteration: de-vo-rar
"Ele devorou a comida toda em poucos minutos."
निगल जाना
Transliteration: nigal jana
"उसने अपना सारा खाना जल्दी से निगल लिया।"
狼吞虎咽
Transliteration: láng tūn hǔ yàn
"他几分钟就把晚饭狼吞虎咽地吃完了。"
게걸스럽게 먹다
Transliteration: ge-geol-seureop-ge meok-da
"그는 몇 분 만에 저녁을 게걸스럽게 먹어치웠다."
平らげる
Transliteration: tairageru
"彼は数分で夕食を平らげた。"
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