Learn English – One word for someone who eats hurriedly

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What do we call someone who hurriedly pounds on food and eats like as though never seen before. I would like to know an alternate word for that person, either an adjective or noun.

Best Answer

A gobbler is a common way to describe a person who eats too quickly.

Trencherman is uncommon but might to fit the bill, though its connotation is more one of quantity than speed.

A binger is someone who eats rapidly and excessively.

A pig is someone who eats uncouthly, noisily, and or rapidly.