lẩm

Mẹ lẩm một miếng bánh khi không ai nhìn thấy.

Definition

1. Verb (slang, vulgar):
   • To gobble; to wolf down; to eat greedily or quickly. This is a crude, informal term for eating, often implying a lack of manners or eating in a hurried, secretive manner.
   • To eat (in a general, informal sense). Used colloquially to simply mean "to eat," though it carries a rough or vulgar tone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nếu anh không ăn thì tôi lẩm cả. (If you don't eat it, I'll wolf down the whole thing.)
  • Ngày nào đi chợ cũng lẩm quà. (Every day when going to the market, she secretly snacks/eats treats.)
  • Em dỗi anh lẩm cả đĩa xôi. (I was so upset with you that I gobbled down the whole plate of sticky rice.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lẩm" is considered low register and vulgar. It is typically used in very casual, familiar speech among peers or for humorous, exaggerated effect. It is not appropriate for formal or polite contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Ăn (v): The standard, neutral verb for "to eat."
• Tọng (v, slang): Another vulgar slang term meaning to shove food into one's mouth.
• Chén (v, informal): A common, informal synonym for "to eat" or "to devour," less vulgar than "lẩm."

Synonyms

• Gobble down: To eat quickly and greedily.
• Wolf down: To eat food rapidly.
• Devour: To eat hungrily or quickly.
• Scarf down (informal): To eat something very quickly.

Related Idioms

• Lẩm quà: To sneak snacks; to eat treats on the sly.
  • Đứa bé hay lẩm quà nên đến bữa không ăn cơm. (The child often sneaks snacks so he doesn't eat his meals.)