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