disgorge

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French desgorger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
   • Hakluyt

     This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.

   • Dryden

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

2. To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
3. (oenology) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.

Derived terms

• disgorgement

Related terms

• gorge
• engorge

Translations

to vomit or spew

• Bulgarian: повръщам (bg) (povrǎštam), изхвърлям лава (izhvǎrljam lava)
• French: vomir (fr)
• German: ausspeien, ausspucken (de), auswerfen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: aayioold
• Maori: whakaruaki

to surrender unwillingly

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} auszuspeien
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 嘔出／呕出, ^{(please verify)} 呕出

See also

• regurgitate

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