かっ込こむ

か

っ

こ

む

Meanings

1

godan verb (-mu), transitive verb

bolt down; gulp down; shovel into one's mouth

Casual, vivid expression for eating quickly and greedily, often with large mouthfuls.

朝あさごはんをかっ込こんで、急いそいで家いえを出でた。
I bolted down breakfast and rushed out of the house.
彼かれはラーメンをかっ込こむように

食た

べ

た

。

He ate the ramen as if shoveling it into his mouth.

Written forms

かっ込こむUsage8%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
かっこむUsage77%
掻かっ込こむUsage15%
Alternate kanji form using 掻.
搔かっ込こむ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form with 搔.

Kanji

込crowded, mixture, in bulk
掻scratch, rake, comb
搔to scratch

Similar words

急いそいで食たべる
Neutral expression for eating quickly, without the greedy or rough nuance of かっ込む.
がつがつ食たべる
Also means to eat greedily, but がつがつ is an adverb that can be used with various verbs, while かっ込む is a specific verb.

Etymology

Compound of 掻き (kaki, continuative form of 掻く 'to scratch, rake') + 込む (komu 'to put in, go in'), with sound change from かきこむ to かっこむ. The original image is of raking food into one's mouth.