Gobble up Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈɡɑbəɫ/ /ˈəp

GAH-buhl UHP

UK

ɡˈɒbəl/ /ˈʌp

GOB-uhl UP

التعريف

To eat something quickly and in large amounts, usually in a greedy way. Also used to mean taking over or absorbing something completely, such as a company.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal and often playful. 'Gobble up' is used for people or animals eating fast or greedily, and figuratively for businesses or resources being fully taken over. Kids' stories often use it for animals. Similar to 'devour', but more casual.

• Spanish: devorar - comerse rápidamente - absorber (negocio)
• Portuguese (BR): devorar - engolir rapidamente - absorver (empresa)
• Portuguese (PT): devorar - engolir rapidamente - absorver (empresa)
• Chinese (Simplified): 狼吞虎咽 - 吞并（公司）
• Chinese (Traditional): 狼吞虎嚥 - 併吞（公司）
• Hindi: जल्दी से खाना - निगल जाना (व्यापार)
• Arabic: التهام بسرعة - ابتلاع (شركة)
• Bengali: গলগল করে খেয়ে ফেলা - পুরোপুরি দখল করে নেওয়া
• Russian: сожрать - поглотить (компанию)
• Japanese: がつがつ食べる - 吸収する（企業など）
• Vietnamese: ăn ngấu nghiến - thâu tóm hoàn toàn
• Korean: 허겁지겁 먹다 - 완전히 흡수하다
• Turkish: hapur hapur yemek - tamamen yutmak/ele geçirmek
• Urdu: جلدی جلدی کھا لینا - مکمل طور پر حاصل کر لینا
• Indonesian: melahap - mengambil alih sepenuhnya

جمل نموذجية

The new app is gobbling up all my phone’s memory.

natural

Small bookstores keep getting gobbled up by big chains.

natural

The hungry boy gobbled up his sandwich.

basic

The cat gobbled up all the fish.

basic

The big company gobbled up its smaller competitor.

basic

Wow, you gobbled up that pizza in no time!

natural