Synonyms for gobble
Definitions
- v. 1
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
Related words
- Word family
- gobble-pipe
- Phrases
- gobble up gobble down
Forms
- Past participle
- gobbled
e.g. gobbled → bolted, gulped, wolfed, scoffed…
Example sentences
- scarf Tom unwrapped the scarf from his around his face.
- gulp Again he drank, emptying the cup at one deep gulp.
- scoff It's easy to scoff; it's better to understand.
- swallow Mary wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.
- devour I enjoy reading so much that I devour a book a week.
By length
- 4 letters
- wolf1, bolt1, gulp1, hork
- 5 letters
- scarf1, scoff1
- 6 letters
- devour3
- 7 letters
- swallow2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devour3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- glouglouter