gormandize

verb

ˈgȯr-mən-ˌdīz How to pronounce gormandize (audio)
Definition of gormandizenext
1
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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2
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

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  1. gorge
  2. devour
  3. feast
  4. inhale
  5. gulp
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  • Russian unemployment is at an historic low of 2.4 percent while China and, to a lesser extent, India have been gorging themselves on cheap Russian commodities.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The trout filled their bellies and their mouths and still continued gorging.
    David Quammen, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of gorge
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  • Marine bacteria swoop in, devouring the algae’s remains and releasing much of that carbon right back into the air.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Voters in California devoured LAist's voter game plan for LA County.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of devour
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  • For now, feast your eyes on her latest feat, the Toni Maticevski moment.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Below, feast your eyes on a zebra-print skirt from Jacquemus, a joy-inducing Loewe Flamenco clutch in butter year, essential knitwear from Stella McCartney and The Row, and a few other seasonal hits our editors are loving.
    Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of feast
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  • Two men have reportedly died after inhaling bat guano used to grow marijuana, raising concerns about the safety of natural bat guano and commercially available fertilizers.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Those pollutants, often from fireplace smoke and fireworks, are small enough to be inhaled and enter the bloodstream, endangering residents and especially those with respiratory or heart problems.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • Now revitalized, Madeline confronts Helen, who has also gulped the elixir, and wild smackdowns and realignments follow.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of gulp
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