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gurgitator

UK/ˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪ.tə//ˈɡɝ.d͡ʒə.teɪ.tɚ/

gurgitator noun: a competitive eater.

gurgitator: a competitive eater
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Noun

gurgitator (plural gurgitators)

  1. A competitive eater.
    • He described one of his favorite "gurgitators," Eric "Badlands" Booker...who trained by meditating and eating huge portions of cabbage.2006, Ryan Nerz, Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit, page 11
    • ...blue-collar gurgitators are a dime a dozen, but white-collar gurgitators are far rarer, ...2006, Jason Fagone, Horsemen of the Esophagus, page 210

Forms of gurgitator

pluralgurgitators

Origin of gurgitator

From gurgitate + -or.

Questions about gurgitator

What does gurgitator mean?
Gurgitator means a competitive eater.
What part of speech is gurgitator?
Gurgitator is a noun.
How do you pronounce gurgitator?
Gurgitator is pronounced /ˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪ.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of gurgitator?
The plural of gurgitator is gurgitators.

Words near gurgitator in the dictionary

  1. gurgitated
  2. gurgitates
  3. gurgitating
  4. gurgitation
  5. gurgitations
  6. gurgitator
  7. gurgitators
  8. gurgle
  9. gurgled
  10. gurgler
  11. gurglers

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