Disgorge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Disgorge is a verb meaning To vomit or spew, to discharge.
Meaning
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
More Meanings
- (law) To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
- (wine) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
Example Sentences
They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.
GCN's local reporter needs help keeping up w/ the masses of information disgorged by our busy world.
The set disgorges most of its passengers at Waverley [Edinburgh], so finding a table seat in the front car isn't a problem.
1598-1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.
Word Forms
- disgorges
- disgorging
- disgorged
Synonyms for disgorge
Depending on context, synonyms include cast, cat, sick, shed, vomit, regurgitate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include regorge, retch, regurgitate, vomit, puke, upchuck.
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