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to horg

to horg

9.9
To eat very quickly and without caring about manners
  • verb
  • Slang
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  • After the match, the hungry team horged sandwiches in less than ten minutes.

Examples

  • The children horged the pizza as soon as it arrived at the table.

  • He would often horg his dinner before anyone else had finished their first bite.

  • Don't horg your food!

  • He always horgs his meals at dinner.

  • The kids horged the ice cream before their parents could say a word.

  • He quickly horged down his lunch so he could go back to work.

  • At the picnic, everyone horged the burgers as soon as they were served.

Synonyms

to gobble
vsto horg
16 2.6

To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly

is more about fast greedy eating and poor manners than noisy chewing
to pig
vsto horg
  • Informal
7 7.9

To eat a lot in a greedy way

is the neutral expression for fast greedy eating with little regard for manners
to eat like a pig
vsto horg
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

focuses on quick greedy eating with little regard for manners
to act like a pig
vsto horg
  • Offensive
1 8.0

To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others

refers specifically to quick greedy eating rather than general rude behaviour
to gluttonize
vsto horg
  • US
9.9

To eat too much food quickly and greedily

is more about quick eating with little regard for manners than mere excess
to englut
vsto horg
  • Archaic
9.9

To eat too much food in a greedy way

focuses on speed and rude manners rather than large quantity
to pigging
vsto horg
  • Informal
7.7

Eating a lot and not leaving enough for others

is more about fast greedy eating with poor manners than mere quantity

Antonyms

to savor
  • US
4 3.9

To give food a certain taste with spices or herbs

How Greedy

to devour
53 3.9
to horg
  • Slang
9.9
to wolf down
  • Informal
7 5.8
to eat
∞ 1.0
to nibble
56 2.0

Surface Forms

horg infinitive
horged past
horged past participle
horging present participle
horgs third person singular

Etymology

Horg as a verb is easy to link to the word gorge, which means to eat a lot quickly. So to horg is to eat food greedily and very fast.