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