ingurgitate

To ingurgitate is defined as to eat in large amounts.

(verb)

The way that a teenage boy eats at a buffet is an example of ingurgitate.

See ingurgitate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb ingurgitated, ingurgitating

to swallow up greedily or in large amounts; gulp; gorge; guzzle

Origin: < L ingurgitatus, pp. of ingurgitare, to pour in like a flood, guzzle: see in- & gurgitation

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See ingurgitate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·gur·gi·tat·ed, in·gur·gi·tat·ing, in·gur·gi·tates

To swallow greedily or in excessive amounts; gulp.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ingurgitāre, ingurgitāt-

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + gurges, gurgit-, throat, whirlpool

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