Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gobble sth down
Participle: gobbled sth down
Gerund: gobbling sth down
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gobble sth down |
| you | gobble sth down |
| he;she;it | gobbles sth down |
| we | gobble sth down |
| you | gobble sth down |
| they | gobble sth down |
Perfect
| I | have gobbled sth down |
| you | have gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | has gobbled sth down |
| we | have gobbled sth down |
| you | have gobbled sth down |
| they | have gobbled sth down |
Past
| I | gobbled sth down |
| you | gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | gobbled sth down |
| we | gobbled sth down |
| you | gobbled sth down |
| they | gobbled sth down |
Pluperfect
| I | had gobbled sth down |
| you | had gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | had gobbled sth down |
| we | had gobbled sth down |
| you | had gobbled sth down |
| they | had gobbled sth down |
Future
| I | will gobble sth down |
| you | will gobble sth down |
| he;she;it | will gobble sth down |
| we | will gobble sth down |
| you | will gobble sth down |
| they | will gobble sth down |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gobbled sth down |
| you | will have gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | will have gobbled sth down |
| we | will have gobbled sth down |
| you | will have gobbled sth down |
| they | will have gobbled sth down |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gobble sth down |
| you | gobble sth down |
| he;she;it | gobble sth down |
| we | gobble sth down |
| you | gobble sth down |
| they | gobble sth down |
Perfect
| I | have gobbled sth down |
| you | have gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | have gobbled sth down |
| we | have gobbled sth down |
| you | have gobbled sth down |
| they | have gobbled sth down |
Imperfect
| I | gobbled sth down |
| you | gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | gobbled sth down |
| we | gobbled sth down |
| you | gobbled sth down |
| they | gobbled sth down |
Pluperfect
| I | had gobbled sth down |
| you | had gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | had gobbled sth down |
| we | had gobbled sth down |
| you | had gobbled sth down |
| they | had gobbled sth down |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gobble sth down |
| you | would gobble sth down |
| he;she;it | would gobble sth down |
| we | would gobble sth down |
| you | would gobble sth down |
| they | would gobble sth down |
Perfect
| I | would have gobbled sth down |
| you | would have gobbled sth down |
| he;she;it | would have gobbled sth down |
| we | would have gobbled sth down |
| you | would have gobbled sth down |
| they | would have gobbled sth down |
Imperative
| you | gobble sth down |
| we | Let's gobble sth down |
| you | gobble sth down |
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:]