gobbling
むしゃむしゃする
解説 Definition
gobbling は gobble（むしゃむしゃ食べる、がつがつ食べる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。食べ物を急いで、音を立てるように食べる様子を表します。
Eating something very quickly and eagerly, often in a noisy or uncontrolled way. It is the present participle or gerund form of gobble and can describe an action in progress or the activity itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 gobble の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音の中心は「ゴブリング」です。七面鳥の鳴き声にも使う gobble の騒がしい印象から、食べ物を急いでがつがつ食べる場面を連想します。gobbling food や gobble up と組み合わせて覚えます。
Gobbling is formed from gobble by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. The verb can describe a turkey’s characteristic call, and its noisy quality helps reinforce the eating sense: consuming food rapidly, eagerly, and sometimes without good manners. Picture hungry children gobbling sandwiches before a bus arrives. Common patterns include be gobbling food, keep gobbling, and start gobbling. Gobble up often emphasizes finishing or consuming something completely, while eat quickly is more neutral and does not necessarily suggest noise or greed.
例文
The children were gobbling sandwiches before the bus arrived.
子どもたちはバスが来る前にサンドイッチをむしゃむしゃ食べていました。
He kept gobbling popcorn during the movie.
彼は映画の間、ポップコーンをむしゃむしゃ食べ続けていました。
After the long hike, everyone started gobbling the hot meal.
長いハイキングのあと、みんな温かい食事をがつがつ食べ始めました。
gobbling の類義語・関連語
gobbling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
gobbling は gobble の -ing 形で、gobble 自体は七面鳥の鳴き声をまねた擬音語に由来すると考えられます。『音を立ててがつがつ食べる』感じがそのまま意味になり、関連語に gobbler, gobble up があります。
Gobbling is the regular -ing form of gobble, with the final silent e removed before the suffix is added. Gobble has long been associated with an imitative representation of a turkey’s call. Its eating sense also evokes rapid, noisy movement of the mouth and throat. The word therefore came to describe eating greedily or hastily, while gobbler can denote either a turkey or someone who gobbles.
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