as in devouring
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1
as in feasting
to fill with food to capacity
we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving
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as in overeating
to eat greedily or to excess
the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating
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as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily
the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat
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Recent Examples of gorging
Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Scheming girlfriends, questionable business partners, a fleet of lawyers and consultants gorging themselves on fees and a whole lot of other jockeying around Sumner Redstone’s fortune and his business empire.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
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Chief among them is that kids have been gorging on Kit-Kats and Starbursts for decades, on this one day a year.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Scheming girlfriends, questionable business partners, a fleet of lawyers and consultants gorging themselves on fees and a whole lot of other jockeying around Sumner Redstone’s fortune and his business empire.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorging
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Unlike bears and big cats, which kill their prey and then consume it, canines oftentimes tire their prey, bring it down, and start feasting on and around the hind quarters while the animal is still alive.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Toronto taxed Snell, the two-time Cy Young award winner, and expelled him from the game in the sixth, feasting on his underwhelming replacements.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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High-protein foods and supplements have surged in the health and wellness industry in recent years as a powerful fitness fad, in particular because protein is more likely to increase one’s satiety and help prevent people from overeating.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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All in all, an ideal movie snack with enough kick to prevent you from overeating.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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This would be in accordance with the universal law of capital devouring everything potentially good and excreting it as something actually bad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Video shows orcas hunting great white sharks and devouring their livers.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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Fighting off hordes of alien monstrosities AND digging for rare minerals in outer space as a crew of beer-swilling, ass kicking space dwarves?—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The designers threw a party themselves, filling the ballroom at Palazzo Visconti di Modrone with a spiffy crowd of mannequins swilling Champagne, chatting at the dinner table and generally whooping it up.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Essential oils can be used in various ways, such as inhaling them through a diffuser or applying a diluted solution to the skin.—
Emily Brown,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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Also consider buying staple items that stretch meals, such as rice and beans, or plan for 'one dish' meals that are filling, such as spaghetti and meat sauce, chili, soups, or casseroles.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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So filling, yet doesn’t feel like a heavy meal and has a fresh taste.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Coffee maker brands have, increasingly, been cramming more and more brewing options into a single machine.—
Emily Farris,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Now Governor Healey and the homeless industrial complex have set their heart on over-cramming capacity on Redlands Road.—
Lou Murray,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Gorging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorging. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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