Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gorge
noungorging (plural gorgings)
plural gorgings
- The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.
The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267
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