gurgitate
Meanings
verb
- To surge (rise) and fall ebulliently, like or as water.
- To eat, especially to eat competitively (see competitive eating).
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Etymology
From Latin gurgitātus, past participle of gurgitō. The second sense is partly a back-formation from regurgitate.
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