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Webster 1828 Edition


Gorging

GORG'ING

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ppr.
Swallowing; eating greedily; glutting.

Definition 2024


gorging

gorging

English

Verb

gorging

  1. present participle of gorge

Noun

gorging (plural gorgings)

  1. The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.
    • 1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains (page 267)
      The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.