verb
- swallowing greedily or in large quantities
Usage: formal; often used figuratively
Examples
- The hungry travelers were ingurgitating their meals after days without food.
- He sat at the bar, ingurgitating beer after beer.
- The students were ingurgitating information before the final exam.
- She watched in disgust as he began ingurgitating the entire pizza.
- The company was ingurgitating smaller competitors at an alarming rate.
- After the long hike, they were ingurgitating water from their bottles.