gannet
To wolf down, gobble or eat (something) voraciously.
informal, transitive
She was no longer in the company of her older sister and mother who had often scolded her for ganneting down her food.
Where it comes from
From Middle English ganet, gante, from Old English ganot, from Proto-West Germanic *ganat, *ganatō, from Proto-Germanic *ganatuz, *ganutô (“gander”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gent, Middle Low German gante, German Ganter, Ganser, all “gander, male goose”.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gannet (CC BY-SA 4.0).