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gurgitated

gurgitated is the simple past and past participle of gurgitate.

Meaning of gurgitate

Verb

gurgitate (third-person singular simple present gurgitates, present participle gurgitating, simple past and past participle gurgitated)

  1. To surge (rise) and fall ebulliently, like or as water.
    • From the gorge a faint steam rose like mist, and in the utter stillness I could hear, far down, the sound of gurgitating waters. In a little while - how long I could not tell - the moment of eruption would return and flood the chasm.1890, The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, page 76
  2. To eat, especially to eat competitively (see competitive eating).
    • His attitude to statistics can best be indicated by an expression that seems not to have been used in any of the classics, but which involves the idea that he masticates, and gurgitates them before life is extinct.1915, Alcalde, page 484

Questions about gurgitated

What is gurgitated the simple past and past participle of?
Gurgitated is the simple past and past participle of gurgitate.

Words near gurgitated in the dictionary

  1. gurges
  2. gurgeses
  3. Gurghiu
  4. gurging
  5. gurgitate
  6. gurgitated
  7. gurgitates
  8. gurgitating
  9. gurgitation
  10. gurgitations
  11. gurgitator

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