# gobble

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɡɒbl̩/ · frequency rank #35,737

## Definitions
1. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **google** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gobble-vs-google)
- **goblet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gobble-vs-goblet)
- **gable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gable-vs-gobble)
- **gamble** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gamble-vs-gobble)

## Common misspellings (7)
`gboble`, `ggobble`, `gobbel`, `gobblle`, `goblbe`, `goble`, `ogbble`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gobble