Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gobble down sth
Participle: gobbled down sth
Gerund: gobbling down sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gobble down sth |
| you | gobble down sth |
| he;she;it | gobbles down sth |
| we | gobble down sth |
| you | gobble down sth |
| they | gobble down sth |
Perfect
| I | have gobbled down sth |
| you | have gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | has gobbled down sth |
| we | have gobbled down sth |
| you | have gobbled down sth |
| they | have gobbled down sth |
Past
| I | gobbled down sth |
| you | gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | gobbled down sth |
| we | gobbled down sth |
| you | gobbled down sth |
| they | gobbled down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had gobbled down sth |
| you | had gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | had gobbled down sth |
| we | had gobbled down sth |
| you | had gobbled down sth |
| they | had gobbled down sth |
Future
| I | will gobble down sth |
| you | will gobble down sth |
| he;she;it | will gobble down sth |
| we | will gobble down sth |
| you | will gobble down sth |
| they | will gobble down sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gobbled down sth |
| you | will have gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | will have gobbled down sth |
| we | will have gobbled down sth |
| you | will have gobbled down sth |
| they | will have gobbled down sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gobble down sth |
| you | gobble down sth |
| he;she;it | gobble down sth |
| we | gobble down sth |
| you | gobble down sth |
| they | gobble down sth |
Perfect
| I | have gobbled down sth |
| you | have gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | have gobbled down sth |
| we | have gobbled down sth |
| you | have gobbled down sth |
| they | have gobbled down sth |
Imperfect
| I | gobbled down sth |
| you | gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | gobbled down sth |
| we | gobbled down sth |
| you | gobbled down sth |
| they | gobbled down sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had gobbled down sth |
| you | had gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | had gobbled down sth |
| we | had gobbled down sth |
| you | had gobbled down sth |
| they | had gobbled down sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gobble down sth |
| you | would gobble down sth |
| he;she;it | would gobble down sth |
| we | would gobble down sth |
| you | would gobble down sth |
| they | would gobble down sth |
Perfect
| I | would have gobbled down sth |
| you | would have gobbled down sth |
| he;she;it | would have gobbled down sth |
| we | would have gobbled down sth |
| you | would have gobbled down sth |
| they | would have gobbled down sth |
Imperative
| you | gobble down sth |
| we | Let's gobble down sth |
| you | gobble down sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'gobble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gobble'
bobble,
cobble,
gabble,
hobble,
jobble,
nobble,
wobble,
babble,
bibble,
bubble,
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English gobben (“to drink or swallow greedily”), of uncertain origin + -le (frequentative suffix). Middle English gobben is perhaps an alteration of Middle English globben (“to gulp down”), related to English gulpen (“to gulp”). However, compare also French gober. See: English '
gulpen', French '
gober'.
Sample Sentences
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He gobbled four hot dogs in three minutes.
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He began, as his custom, to gobble it up, but when he had eaten for some time, he began to relax a little in his efforts, and at last he sat quite still, with his knife in his hand, looking at the pudding. [1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 200:]
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“The farm's had a lot of bad luck, you see. Dad thinks there is a curse on the place.” “Most like. Most like,” said Catweazle, gobbling the banana. [1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 50:]