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to disgorge

to disgorge

8.7
To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick
  • verb
  • /dɪsˈɡɔrdʒ/
translation icon : vomitar
  • After eating something spoiled, he suddenly disgorged his lunch all over the floor.

Examples

  • However small the compensation an individual class member receives, he or she also has the satisfaction of knowing that the defendant will have to disgorge unlawful profits—and the hope that doing so will deter such conduct in the future.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Feeling nauseous, she had to disgorge the contents of her stomach into the toilet.

  • The dog disgorged the half-eaten toy after chewing on it for hours.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto disgorge
  • Informal
296 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is the more formal single-word equivalent for that action
to puke
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
186 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the neutral or formal way to name the same action
to vomit
vsto disgorge
148 1.0

To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth

is the neutral description of that same physical action
to be sick
vsto disgorge
109 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is the single-word neutral label for that bodily action
to barf
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
38 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is the neutral or clinical description rather than casual slang
to cast
vsto disgorge
  • Archaic
9 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the standard single-word used for the same bodily act
to spew
vsto disgorge
  • Informal
9 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the neutral description that does not highlight force intensity
to puke up
vsto disgorge
  • Informal
8 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

covers general stomach content expulsion, not only recent food
to chuck
vsto disgorge
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the standard neutral label for that bodily action
to puke my guts out
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is the neutral single-action description rather than repeated violence
to blow chunks
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the neutral description that does not stress violence
to regurgitate
vsto disgorge
5 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

describes the bodily ejection used for illness, not feeding behaviour
to ralph
vsto disgorge
  • Slang
4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is the neutral description used outside casual speech
to honk
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is the plain descriptive verb without slang tone
to upchuck
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the more neutral medical or descriptive term
to vomit up
vsto disgorge
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the broader neutral label for that same action
to sick
vsto disgorge
1 7.4

To throw up

is the neutral verb used in medical or formal contexts
to spue
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

focuses specifically on stomach contents without wider expectoration
to regorge
vsto disgorge
9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is the general medical term rather than the more literary label
to launch one's lunch
vsto disgorge
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up food you just ate

is the straightforward medical or neutral description
to puke guts out
vsto disgorge
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is the general term without emphasising extreme force
to regurge
vsto disgorge
  • Archaic
9.9

To bring food or liquid back into the mouth from the stomach without strong vomiting

is the stronger action word implying full forceful expulsion

Antonyms

to ingest
68 3.6

To eat or drink something so it goes into your body

How Violent

to spew
  • Informal
9 5.7
to vomit
148 1.0
to disgorge
8.7

Surface Forms

disgorge infinitive
disgorged past
disgorged past participle
disgorging present participle
disgorges third person singular

Morphology

disgorge = gorge (semi-transparent) = dis + gorge

The literal sense 'eject from the throat' follows from dis- + gorge if one knows the older throat/swallowing sense of 'gorge', but that sense of 'gorge' is not common knowledge for many learners.

Etymology

Disgorge comes from dis- 'out' and gorge 'throat', and is like the English word gorge. Think of a throat giving up its contents — that's why disgorge can mean to 'throw up'.