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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
  • Having eaten nearly every possible version of lobster over the past few days, there was something special about feasting on local mushrooms and indulging in a dozen exquisite Maine oysters.
    — Dinaw Mengestu, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026
  • Now, a new study on the diet of gray wolves suggests that the population regrowth is a result of the animals feasting on cattle, as their natural prey sources remain comparatively scarce.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of feasting
Verb
  • Nutritionists say the real risk on these drugs isn’t overeating.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Jelly Roll didn't say how much his overeating episode cost him weight-wise.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of overeating
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  • Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia that is caused by inhaling the Legionella bacteria in small droplets of water mixed in the air or contaminated water accidentally going into the lungs.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Health effects from inhaling wildfire smoke But the effects are sweeping, said Hayden, who has developed real-time mapping of mortality estimates from wildfire smoke.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of inhaling
Verb
  • Stale, incomplete or blocked data leaves AI filling gaps with guesses that still sound certain.
    — Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While most of the onigiri in Japanese convenience stores and markets is designed for snacking, Choe’s onigiri are hulking, chunky rounded triangles of rice and filling that each weigh at least half a pound.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 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 situation is also symptomatic of broader strains on the country's higher education system, where grossly limited spots leave millions cramming for months, or even years, and high-stakes entrance exams leave many of them burnt out and in debt.
    — Sakshi Dayal, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • An early 2022 op-ed in the University of Calgary’s student newspaper described the idea as the antithesis of hustle culture, one that finds satisfaction in mundane tasks rather than cramming productivity into every waking moment.
    — Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Definition of cramming

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