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Synonyms for gobble

Synonyms for gobble: wolf, bolt and devour. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 3 synonyms for gobble

Interchangeable with gobble in this sense

Audited under gobble's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one gobble carries in that sense.

  • wolfverb, in the sense "to eat food quickly and greedily"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name gobble as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • boltbolt is a verb in the sense "eat hastily without proper chewing"
  • devourdevour is a verb in the sense "to eat something quickly and hungrily"

The first group is filed under gobble's own sense. The second reach gobble from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineFood and drink

to eat food quickly and greedily

Puppies gobble their food the moment the bowl hits the floor.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

wolf

Same sentence, swapped: Puppies wolf their food the moment the bowl hits the floor.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • sip
  • savor
  • taste

Where gobble turns up in the game

gobble is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where gobble is the trap

  • gulpnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is swig, in the sense "a large and hurried swallow", so gobble is there to be ruled out.

Play gobble

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gobble reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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