engorge
pronunciation
How to pronounce engorge in British English:
UK [ɪnˈgɔ:dʒ]
How to pronounce engorge in American English:
US [ɪnˈgɔrdʒ]
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- Verb:
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Word Origin
- engorge (v.)
- 1510s, "fill to excess," from French engorger "to obstruct, block, congest," Old French engorgier "to swallow, devour," from en- (see en- (1)) + gorge "throat" (see gorge (n.)). Probably originally in reference to hawks. Related: Engorged; engorging.
Example
- 1. Guests very uncannily , raise chopstick engorge , completely dispose of .
- 2. Send you since one has excrement , dung measures the heaviest gift , you are met certainly engorge a jin , even great and full of , if become aware mucky quantity still asks as one pleases not quite !
- 3. But with prices reaching almost $ 150 per disc , no amount of improved picture quality could engorge the consumer 's hot , throbbing interest .