gobble

Universal Words verb 1 ~ sth (up / down) to eat sth very fast, in a way that people consider rude or GREEDY: [VN] Don't gobble your food like that! * They gobbled down all the sandwiches. [also V] 2 [V] when a TURKEY gobbles it makes a noise in its throat PHRASALVERBS gobble sth<->up (informal) 1 to use sth very quickly: Hotel costs gobbled up most of their holiday budget. 2 if a business company, etc. gobbles up a smaller one, it takes control of it