2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to cram into the mouth, gorge, glut, gobble up, wolf down.
Te korimako: Nā te reka o tana waiata ka whakaritea ngā tāngata reo ātaahua ki a ia. He apu paru te pārera; whai anō ka whakaritea ngā tāngata kaihoro ki a ia (Te Ara 2014). / The bellbird: Because it sings beautifully, people with beautiful voices are compared to it. The grey duck gobbles up mud and it follows that greedy people are likened to it.
3. (modifier) greedy.
