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   gorge

   /ɡɔːdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
   • 2. the throat. archaic
   • ▪ the crop of a hawk.
   • ▪ the contents of the stomach.
   • 3. a narrow rear entrance to a bastion, outwork, or other fortification.
   • 4. a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river.

   verb

   • 1. eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food: "they gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas" Similar stuffcramfillglutsatiatesatesurfeitoverindulgeoverfillovereatinformal:pigeat greedily/hungrilyguzzlegobbleboltgulp (down)swallow hurriedlydevourwolfcrambinge-eatinformal:tuck intoput/pack awaydemolishpolish offscoff (down)downstuff (down)murdershovel downstuff one's face (with)noshgollopshiftgorbscarf (down/up)snarf (down/up)inhalerare:ravengluttonizegourmandizeingurgitateOpposite nibble

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; gorge (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gorger noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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