Definition of Gobble up

1. Verb. Eat a large amount of food quickly. "They gobble up more bread"; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"

Exact synonyms: Bolt Down, Garbage Down, Shovel In
Generic synonyms: Eat

Definition of Gobble up

1. Verb. (transitive) to consume something rapidly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobble Up

gobans
gobar
gobbed
gobbet
gobbets
gobbety
gobbi
gobbier
gobbies
gobbiest
gobbing
gobbings
gobbinsite
gobble hole
gobble up (current term)
gobbled
gobbledegoo
gobbledegook
gobbledegooks
gobbledygook
gobbledygooks
gobbler
gobblers
gobbles
gobbling
gobbo
gobemouche
gobemouches

Literary usage of Gobble up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"... gobble up. 2 To despatch smartly (a business). . A slap. . (H) A cake flattened with the hand without a roller. vi To draw in from modesty or from a ..."

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