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gurgitator en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡɝ.d͡ʒə.teɪ.tɚ/ (US)
• /ˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪ.tə/ (UK)

Etymology

From gurgitate + -or.

Meanings

1. A competitive eater.
   • ...blue-collar gurgitators are a dime a dozen, but white-collar gurgitators are far rarer, ... 2006, Jason Fagone, Horsemen of the Esophagus, page 210:
   • He described one of his favorite "gurgitators," Eric "Badlands" Booker...who trained by meditating and eating huge portions of cabbage. 2006, Ryan Nerz, Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit, page 11:
   • But just as the pioneer Daniel Boone abandoned domesticated life to settle ever newer territories, the gurgitator Dale Boone could not deny the imperatives of his roving metabolism. 2008, Frederick Kaufman, A Short History of the American Stomach, page 94:

Forms

Relateds

gurgitation