inhaling food
Eating without chewing
Inhaling food means eating rapidly and eagerly, as if breathing it in rather than chewing: He inhaled his dinner and went back for seconds.
The image suggests food disappearing so fast it might as well have been air.
The phrase can also refer literally to accidentally drawing food into the airway while eating—a choking hazard.
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- aspiratingBreathing in; voicing breathily
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- gulpingSwallowing hastily, noisily
wolfing · scarfing · coughing · sputtering · airway · windpipe · Heimlich · abdominal thrusts · lodged · stuck · breathless · gasping for air · gasping · wheezing · bolting · scarfing down · gobbling · devouring
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, nibbling, munching
- gluttonyglutton, gluttonous, gorge, gorger, gorging
- Hunger-Relatedeating, appetite, stomach growling, hunger pains, starvation
- overindulgencebinge, gorging, overeating, gluttony, overindulgence
inhaling foodsavoring
Enjoying something slowly
nibbling · picking at food · mindful eating · grazing · taking one's time
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