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ingurgitating

ingurgitating is the present participle and gerund of ingurgitate.

Meaning of ingurgitate

Verb

ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
    • Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do., II.ii.1.2
    Synonyms:
    gulp, gorge, guzzle
  2. (transitive) To swallow up, as in a gulf.
    • If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.1622, Fotherby, Atheom

Questions about ingurgitating

What is ingurgitating the present participle and gerund of?
Ingurgitating is the present participle and gerund of ingurgitate.

Words near ingurgitating in the dictionary

  1. ingulphing
  2. ingulphs
  3. ingurgitate
  4. ingurgitated
  5. ingurgitates
  6. ingurgitating
  7. ingurgitation
  8. ingurgitations
  9. Inguri
  10. Ingush
  11. Ingush Autonomous Oblast

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