— ingurgitation , n.
/in gerr"ji tayt'/ , v. , ingurgitated, ingurgitating .
v.t.
1. to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
2. to engulf; swallow up: The floodwaters ingurgitated trees and houses.
v.i.
3. to drink or eat greedily; guzzle; swill.
[ 1560-70; ingurgitatus ptp. of ingurgitare to fill, flood, drench with a stream of liquid, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + gurgit- (s. of gurges ) whirlpool, flood + -atus -ATE 1 ]