ingurgitate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
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to engulf; swallow up.
The floodwaters ingurgitated trees and houses.
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ingurgitate
First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin ingurgitātus, past participle of ingurgitāre “to fill, flood, drench with a stream of liquid,” equivalent to in- “in” + gurgit- (stem of gurges ) “whirlpool, flood” + -ātus past participle suffix; see in- 2, -ate 1
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This is only game two of 92 in the Great Summer Festival of Football, and you’ve already ingurgitated all the Wagon Wheels.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2020
The time-tested Tory maneuver of swallowing a critic then ingurgitated Cripps, who became the official apologist for Government policies he had previously criticized.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the hands of such persons a "fair lady" becomes a "female possessing considerable personal attractions," and "drinking liquor" turns into "ingurgitating spirituous stimulus."
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)
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