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gulping
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink fast |
| Synonyms: | belt, choke down, chugalug, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, englut, gobble, guzzle, imbibe, ingurgitate, inhale*, pour, quaff, scarf down, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow, swig, swill, take in, toss off, wolf down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | nibble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | greedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring excessively |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, hungry, impatient, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy, miserly, niggardly, omnivorous, parsimonious, pennypinching, penurious, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, selfish, stingy, swinish, tight*, tight-fisted, voracious |
| Antonyms: | abstemious, benevolent, charitable, extravagant, generous, liberal, philanthropic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, hungry, impatient, insati, insatiable |
| Main Entry: | hoggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hungry, impatient, insatiable, insatiat |
| Main Entry: | piggish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, hungry, impatient, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy, miserly, niggardly, omnivorous, parsimonious, pennypinching, penurious, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, selfish, stingy, swinish, tight*, tight-fisted, voracious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat very fast |
| Synonyms: | consume, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, inhale, scarf, slop, slosh, stuff, swallow whole, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | dawdle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take air in and let out |
| Synonyms: | draw in, exhale, expire, fan, gasp, gulp, inhale, insufflate, open the floodgates, pant, puff, respire, scent, sigh, sniff, snore, snort, use lungs, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
| Synonyms: | bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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