Word of the Day:
disgorge
What It Means
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
Disgorge in Context
“They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.”
Did You Know?
From Middle French desgorger.
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