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