This week’s theme
Unusual synonyms for everyday acts

This week’s words
sternutate
eruct
flatulate
ingurgitate
nictitate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(in-GUHR-ji-tayt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To swallow greedily or in large amounts.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin gurgitare (to flood), from gurges (whirlpool). Earliest documented use: 1570.

USAGE:

“Jeremy finally settled down and went back to ingurgitating potato chips.”
Gord Elliston; The Seagull Wore Glasses; Lulu Press; 2014.

See more usage examples of ingurgitate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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