No. 932 in Japanese
食っ
The word "食っ" (kku) is an informal or colloquial form of "食べる" (taberu), meaning "to eat" in English.
In a sentence
昨夜の晩御飯でカレーをたくさん食った。
I ate a lot of curry for dinner last night.
『食った』 is used as a colloquial and casual way to say 'ate' in the past tense.
彼は朝から何も食っていないようだ。
He seems to have eaten nothing since morning.
『食って』 is the gerund form of 『喰う (くう)』 used to describe ongoing or habitual actions.
こんな辛いもの、よく食えるね。
How can you eat something this spicy?
『食える』 is the potential form of 『喰う (くう)』 meaning 'can eat'.
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