gobbled

Wolfed it down

Gobbled is the past tense of gobble, meaning to eat quickly and greedily: He gobbled his dinner and ran outside.

It also describes the sound a turkey makes.

To gobble up is to consume eagerly or completely: The company gobbled up its competitors.

consumed

swallowed

Passed through throat

used up · spent · drained · monopolized · taken · claimed · seized · acquired · appropriated

devoured

devour

Eat greedily and fast

inhale · bolt · gorge · chow down · swallow · munch · chomp · snarf · engulf · consume

greed

gluttony

Greedy excess in consumption

greedy · excess · indulgence · overeating · bingeing · feasting · gorging · piggish · voracious · hoggish

turkey

turkey

Wattled North American fowl

  • tomMale cat or turkey
  • henFemale fowl
  • wattleHanging throat skin

snood · caruncle · strut · flock · Thanksgiving · poult · roost · barnyard · fowl · game bird

Categories
Opposites
eating speed and manner

gobblednibbled

Ate in small bites

savored · picked at · sipped · pecked at · tasted

consumption vs. preservation

gobbledconserved

Kept from being used up

saved · preserved · hoarded · stored · rationed

Phrases
Family

gobble, gobbling, gobbles, gobble up, gobbledygook, gobbler, gobblers, gobbledegook

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G