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GORMANDISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gormandise ... he / she / it gormandises
Past simple: gormandised
-ing form: gormandising
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:
Hypernyms (to "gormandise" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP