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adjective

as in devouring

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gorging

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verb

present participle of gorge
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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2
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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3
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
Verb
There will be title defenses from Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo, who are the Michael Jordan and Diana Taurasi of gorging sausages. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 July 2026 But gorging on pollen alone wasn’t enough to lengthen a life. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 With the third season of ‘The Vampire Lestat’–AMC’s series adaptation of Anne Rice’s iconic vampire novels of the same name–underway, viewers are once again gorging on a visual feast thanks to costume designer Lex Wood. — Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 The big one is preferred stock, a source for buying Bitcoin that Saylor’s been gorging on since early 2025. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 June 2026 Our collective efforts were failing as residents battled billionaires and the politicians gorging on them. — Josh Peter, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025 So, after you're done watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and gorging on turkey, why not sit down with the family for some post-meal bonding in the form of a Thanksgiving flick? — Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 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 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, 13 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorging
  1. devouring
  2. feasting
  3. overeating
  4. inhaling
  5. filling
  6. swilling
  7. gulping
  8. cramming
Adjective
  • That wall of water roared downstream, smashing and devouring.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Family drama fueled by Dorothy's world-devouring, man-eating antics aside, Scarpetta is also aiming to separate itself from the competition by leveraging a unique narrative structure that essentially adapts two of Cornwell's books in a single season.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of devouring
Verb
  • The researchers discovered bacteria feasting on simple carbon compounds within the liquid and found larger numbers of bacteria after fog events than before them—suggesting that the organisms are actually growing.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
  • My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays.
    — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of feasting
Verb
  • To reduce the risk of overeating later in the day, Serlie recommends eating a good breakfast with enough protein.
    — Maggie Donahue, HEALTH, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Nutritionists say the real risk on these drugs isn’t overeating.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of overeating
Verb
  • The process would be similar to inhaling allergy medicine via a nasal spray.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And in the summer working, caring for the garden, cultivating my plants, my food, inhaling the sun, seeing my skin become brown just as the flowers are also growing their colours, and my beloved garden plants are delivering their brilliant food.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of inhaling
Verb
  • Local rinks are filling back up, the Sabres’ rookie camp opens in just over a week and in roughly two weeks the team’s veterans will begin training camp for the 2026-27 season.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Magazines and newspapers have spent much of the past few years filling column inches with concerns about the manhood of young Americans.
    — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of filling
Verb
  • There’s the youngest, most freewheeling son’s habit of swilling cold coffee while watching The Gong Show.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Spirit swilling was down 5% in California, compared with a 4% drop nationwide.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 May 2026
Definition of swilling
Verb
  • Others can’t stand the sound of gulping.
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • This viral anti-slip slow feeder lick bowl helps prevent gulping and bloating, while keeping your dogs entertained for longer with a healthy, fun challenge.
    — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 25 May 2026
Definition of gulping
Verb
  • The common thread among them is many, many hours spent cramming parenting and their careers into each day.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Kim was a relatively normal teenager who, while cramming for tests and navigating crushes, also had to save the world from any villain who wished to do harm.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cramming

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“Gorging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorging. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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