What does disgorge mean?
Definitions for disgorge
dɪsˈgɔrdʒdis·gorge
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Princeton's WordNet
spill, shed, disgorgeverb
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
"spill the beans all over the table"
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw upverb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
Wiktionary
disgorgeverb
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
disgorgeverb
To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
disgorgeverb
To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.
Etymology: From desgorger
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Disgorgeverb
Etymology: degorger, Fr. from gorge, the throat.
So, so, thou common dog, did’st thou disgorge
Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard?
And now thou wouldst eat thy dead vomit up,
And howl’st to find it. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.From the distant shore they loudly laught,
To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.All th’ embossed sores and headed evils,
That thou with licence of free foot hast caught,
Would thou disgorge into the general world. William Shakespeare.The deep-drawing barks do there disgorge
Their warlike fraughtage. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Prol.They move along the banks
Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge
Into the burning lake their baleful streams. John Milton, Par. Lost.There are scarcely any countries much annoyed with earthquakes, that have not volcanoes, or fiery vents; and these are constantly all in flames, whenever any earthquake happens; they disgorging that fire which, whilst underneath, was the cause of the disaster. William Derham, Physico-Theology.
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disgorge
To disgorge is to expel or force out something from a container, a place, or oneself. Typically this is done in large amounts and often violently or abruptly. It can be used in reference to both literal and figurative situations. For example, a bottle can disgorge liquid, or a person can disgorge information. The term is also frequently used in legal context, referring to repayment of ill-gotten gains.
Webster Dictionary
Disgorgeverb
to eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place
Disgorgeverb
to give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains
Disgorgeverb
to vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution
Etymology: [F. dgorger, earlier desgorger; pref. d-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
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Disgorge
Disgorge is a death metal band from San Diego, California, formed in 1992.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disgorge
dis-gorj′, v.t. to discharge from the throat: to vomit: to throw out with violence: to give up what has been seized.—n. Disgorge′ment. [O. Fr. desgorger, des, away, gorge, throat. See Gorge.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disgorge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disgorge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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