gobble up

English - Turkish

Definition of gobble up in English Turkish dictionary

çabuk yiyip bitir

göçürmek

silip süpürmek

yalayıp yutmak

çabuk yemek

Related Terms

gobble something up

çalakaşık yemek

English - English

Definition of gobble up in English English dictionary

to consume something rapidly

devour, gulp down, eat hastily, bolt

eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"

To gobble up something such as money means to use or waste a lot of it. The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues. see also gobble

If an organization gobbles up a smaller organization, it takes control of it or destroys it. Banc One of Ohio has built an empire in the mid-west by gobbling up smaller banks

Hyphenation

gob·ble up

Turkish pronunciation

gäbıl ʌp

Pronunciation

/ˈgäbəl ˈəp/ /ˈɡɑːbəl ˈʌp/

Etymology

[ 'gä-b&l ] (transitive verb.) 1601. probably irregular from 1gob.