Topic: BIRDS
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Sense: 1
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | Probably from gob |
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Origin: | From the sound |
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gob‧ble
informal
informal1 also gobble up/down [intransitive and transitive] to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way [= wolf]: Don't gobble your food! She gobbled down her lunch.
Don't gobble your food!She gobbled down her lunch.2 [intransitive]HBB to make a sound like a turkey
[intransitive]HBB —gobble noun [countable]
gobble sth↔ up
phrasal verb1 if one company gobbles up a smaller company, it buys it and takes control of it : Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.
Air France gobbled up its main French rivals, Air Inter and UTA.2 to quickly use a lot of a supply of something such as money or land : Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.
Inflation has gobbled up our wage increases.3 to eat something very quickly, especially in an impolite or greedy way : We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.
We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.