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GOURMANDIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example:

The kids binged on ice cream

Synonyms:

binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "gourmandize" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

gourmand; gourmandizer (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess)

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