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INGURGITATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ingurgitate mean?
• INGURGITATE (verb)
The verb INGURGITATE has 1 sense:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Familiarity information: INGURGITATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they ingurgitate ... he / she / it ingurgitates
Past simple: ingurgitated
Past participle: ingurgitated
-ing form: ingurgitating
... he / she / it ingurgitates Past simple: ingurgitated
Past participle: ingurgitated
-ing form: ingurgitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff
Context example:
The kids binged on ice cream
Hypernyms (to "ingurgitate" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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