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ingurgitate verb [ ɪnˈɡəːdʒɪteɪt ]

• swallow (something) greedily.
• "its empty holds are ingurgitating a vast, continuous rush of murky brown seawater"
Origin: late 16th century: from Latin ingurgitat- ‘poured in, drenched’, from the verb ingurgitare, from in- ‘into’ + gurges, gurgit- ‘whirlpool, gulf’.


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