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embuchar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
  • gulp verb To swallow quickly and in large amounts.

Senses

embuchar is used for these senses in English:

  • gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
  • gulp To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
  • scarf down (transitive, US, informal) To eat (something) quickly.
  • wolf down (informal, idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.

gobble — full definition

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

gulp — full definition

  1. verb To swallow quickly and in large amounts.
  2. verb To swallow nervously as a sign of fear or anxiety.
  3. noun A large swallow, or the amount swallowed at once.

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