gobbling

Wolfing food down

Gobbling is eating rapidly and greedily, often noisily: He was gobbling his food like he hadn't eaten in days.

The word suggests consumption without restraint or manners.

Gobbling is also the throaty, bubbling call made by a male turkey, especially during mating season.

eating

devouring

Eating greedily and quickly

chomping · snarfing · munching · swallowing · ingesting · chewing · gulping · bolting · inhaling · shoveling

greed

voracious

Extremely eager to consume

greedy · bingeing · overeating · piggish · gormandizing · gorging · excess · indulgence · stuffing · engorgement

thanksgiving

turkey

Wattled North American fowl

gravy · carving · roast · wishbone · giblets · white meat · dark meat · basting · feast · platter

hunger

famished

Intensely, painfully hungry

peckish · empty · desperate · hungry · eager · yearning · longing · keen · avid · gnawing

turkeycall

cluck

Hen's throaty call

  • yelpBrief, shrill cry
  • purrFeline contentment sound
  • cackleHarsh, shrill laugh

putting · cutting · clucking · drumming · spitting · tom · hen · jake · wattle · snood

Categories
Opposites
eating speed and manner

gobblingnibbling

Eating in small bites

savoring · picking at · sipping · tasting · sampling

eating restraint and etiquette

gobblingfasting

Deliberate food avoidance

abstaining · dieting

Phrases
Family

gobble, gobbles, gobbled

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