eating up

Meaning

present participle and gerund of eat up

eat up

1. (ambitransitive) To consume completely.
2. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To cause (someone) to obsess; to figuratively consume (someone).
3. (figuratively, transitive) To subtract, use up.
4. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
5. (slang, transitive) To acclaim or praise (someone or something).
6. (US, informal, transitive) To find something to be very cute.
7. (figuratively, slang, transitive) To go quickly on a route.
8. (slang, transitive) To be very good at; to succeed at; to smash. (Compare eat and leave no crumbs.)
9. (informal, slang) To completely dominate someone else, especially with a comeback or clapback.

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Synonyms

swallowing

Translations

aufessend