disgorge

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/(UK)

Definition of disgorge

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
    “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.”
    “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.”
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verb

  1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
    “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.”
    “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.”
  2. To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
  3. To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.

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Etymology

From Middle French desgorger.

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