disgorge

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UK/dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/

verb

To vomit or spew, to discharge.

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spillshedslopsplattervomitvomit uppurgecast
OriginMiddle French desgorger →
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Meanings

verbdisgorge (third-person singular simple present disgorges, present participle disgorging, simple past and past participle disgorged)

present singular third person disgorges · participle present disgorging · participle past disgorged · past disgorged

  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.

    3 more examples

    They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.

    1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

    GCN's local reporter needs help keeping up w/ the masses of information disgorged by our busy world.

    1982 December 11, “Help Make News”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 21, page 14

    The set disgorges most of its passengers at Waverley [Edinburgh], so finding a table seat in the front car isn't a problem.

    2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75
  2. lawTo surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
  3. beveragesTo remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

Similar
spillshedslopsplatter
Broader
movedisplace

verbeject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Similar
vomitvomit uppurgecastsickcatbe sickregorgeretchpukebarfspewspuechuckupchuckhonkregurgitatethrow up
Broader
excreteegesteliminate
Also see
barfbe sickbow down before the porcelain godcastcatchuckdrive the porcelain busheavehonkhurlpray to the porcelain godpukepurgeregorgeregurgitateretchshedsickslopspewspew upspillsplattertalk to god on the big white telephonethrow uptosstoss one's cookiesupchuckvomitvomit upworship the porcelain godworship the porcelain goddess

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchdesgorger
  2. Englishdisgorge

From Middle French desgorger.

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Translations

Bulgarian повръщам, изхвърлям лава
  • повръщам (povrăštam)to vomit or spew
  • изхвърлям лава (izhvărljam lava)to vomit or spew
French vomir
  • vomirto vomit or spew
German ausspeien, ausspucken
  • ausspeiento vomit or spew
  • ausspuckento vomit or spew
  • auswerfento vomit or spew
Māori whakaruaki
  • whakaruakito vomit or spew

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with disgorge

GeorgeforgegorgegorgCape St. GeorgeengorgeSaint George
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Cite this entry
APA

disgorge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgorge

MLA

“disgorge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgorge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disgorge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disgorge.

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