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plac — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  • gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  • guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.

Senses

plac is used for these senses in English:

  • devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  • gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
  • gobble up (transitive) To consume [something] rapidly.
  • guzzle (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
  • wolf down (informal, idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.

devour — full definition

  1. verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
  2. verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
  3. verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.

gobble — full definition

  1. verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  2. verb Of a turkey, to make its distinctive throaty call.

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