食らう — meaning in English

English meaning

• chow noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
• gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.

Senses

食らう is used for these senses in English:

• chow (slang, South Africa) To eat.
• gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

chow — full definition

1. noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
2. noun Short for Chow Chow, a fluffy Chinese dog breed known for its blue-black tongue.
3. verb Informal: to eat, especially heartily ("chow down").

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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