gobble up
gobble up · gobbles up · gobbled up · gobbling up
поглощать
herunterschlingen, verschlingen
To consume [something] rapidlyTo consume [something] rapidly.
» The masses are gobbling it up.
Пипл хавает.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To consume [something] rapidly.
herunterschlingen
поглощатьpogloščatʹ
(broadly, figuratively)To continually absorb or expand through annexation.
The city grew over the years by gobbling up land around its limits.
verschlingen
More definitions
- eat a large amount of food quickly
Examples
13 sentencesThe masses are gobbling it up.
ruПипл хавает.
The children eagerly gobbled up the cake.
Tom gobbled up everything I had stashed away.
ruТом слопал всё, что я припрятал.
He could have been gobbled up by the giant alien.
All the apples that fall are gobbled up by the pigs.
deAlle Äpfel, die zu Boden fallen, werden von den Schweinen gefressen.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to consume rapidly:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to consume rapidly:
to continually absorb or expand through annexation:
Forms
gobbles up, gobbling up, gobbled up, gobbled up| Base form | gobble up · to gobble up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gobbles up |
| Present participle | gobbling up |
| Past simple | gobbled up |
| Past participle | gobbled up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- eat a large amount of food quickly:garbage downshovel inbolt down
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb