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    GOBBLE UP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Eat a large amount of food quicklyplay

    Example:

    The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake

    Synonyms:

    bolt down; garbage down; gobble up; shovel in

    Classified under:

    Verbs of eating and drinking

    Hypernyms (to "gobble up" is one way to...):

    eat (take in solid food)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sentence example:

    They gobble up more bread

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