gobbles

Scarfs it down

Gobbles is the third-person singular of gobble—to eat greedily and noisily: He gobbles his food like he's never been fed.

Gobble also means to make the throaty sound of a male turkey, and gobbles can be those sounds: We heard gobbles from the woods at dawn.

devours

wolfs down

Eats greedily and quickly

scarfsNeck cloth accessories
inhalesDraws air inward
gulpsHasty, large swallows

bolts · gorges · snarfs · stuffs · crams · swallows · chomps · munches · noshes · chows down

turkey

clucks

Poultry vocalizations

strutsWalks with swagger
wattlesFleshy throat appendages
tomsMale cats or turkeys

hens · poults · Thanksgiving · fowl · barnyard · roost · pecks · calls · flocks · plumage

Categories

animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, swallows

Opposites

eating speed and manner

gobblesnibbles

Takes small bites

picks at · savors · sips · pecks at · tastes

resource consumption/use

gobblesconserves

Protects from depletion

rations · saves · preserves · hoards · economizes

Phrases

gobbled upAte rapidly, completely
gobble upEat fast and eagerly
gobbling upEating fast and greedily
gobble gobble
turkey gobbleMale poultry's distinctive call
turkey gobblerMale of the species

Family

gobble, gobbling, gobble up, gobbled, gobbledygook, gobbler, gobblers

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G