Gurgitation
/ˌɡɝ.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who gurgitates. countable, uncountable
- 2 Competitive eating. uncountable
"[…] stand at the sanctum sanctorum of eating, the Mount Sinai of mastication, the Coliseum of competitive eating, the Madison Square Garden of gurgitation!"
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] stand at the sanctum sanctorum of eating, the Mount Sinai of mastication, the Coliseum of competitive eating, the Madison Square Garden of gurgitation!"
Etymology
A back-formation from regurgitation, or gurgitate + -ion.