ingurgitare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chug verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
- devour verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- gobble verb To eat quickly and greedily.
- guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.
- pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
Senses
ingurgitare is used for these senses in English:
- chug (transitive, colloquial) To drink a large amount (especially of beer) in a single action/without breathing; to chugalug. Usually chanted at the person who is drinking.
- devour (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- devour (transitive, idiomatic) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- gobble To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
- guzzle To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
- pound (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- scarf down (transitive, US, informal) To eat (something) quickly.
chug — full definition
- verb To move or run with a repeated dull, laboured sound, as an engine does.
- verb Informal: to drink a large amount quickly and continuously, without stopping.
- noun A dull, repeated, laboured sound, as of an engine working.
devour — full definition
- verb To eat something quickly and hungrily.
- verb To destroy or consume something rapidly and completely.
- verb To take in eagerly with the mind, especially reading material.