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gobble, binge
gobble (GAHB uhl) (verb)
1. To eat or to grab in a greedy manner: The people who came to the food kitchen were so hungry all they could do was gobble the food given to them as fast as they could.
2. To make a throaty sound that resembles the sound of a large male gallinaceous bird: The hunters tried to gobble like the wild turkey to trick them into to flying out of the trees.
2. To make a throaty sound that resembles the sound of a large male gallinaceous bird: The hunters tried to gobble like the wild turkey to trick them into to flying out of the trees.
binge (BINJ) (noun)
Unrestrained behaviors; such as, drinking, eating, or shopping: When Barbara got her paycheck, she went on a shopping binge until she spent almost all of her money.
People who go on an eating binge sometimes gobble their food as if they are afraid that there will never be enough.
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“binge”
A short time in which a person does too much of something: There are all kinds of binges that some people indulge in; such as, binge drinking of alcohol, eating binges, shopping binges, etc.
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binge (verb), binges; binged; binging, bingeing
To drink (alcohol) too much, to eat a lot as fast as possible, etc. in a short time: Every once in a while, Janine's cousin goes crazy and binges on three beers and four hamburgers in 30 minutes.
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English Words in Action, Group B
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