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disgorge

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S G AO1 R JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To vomit or spew, to discharge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1598-1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation This mountain when it rageth [...] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • After drinking too much, the students vomited
  • He purged continuously
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

5

verb

Meaning 5

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • spill the beans all over the table

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spill, shed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

Narrower terms: seed

History

Etymology

From Middle French desgorger.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: повръщам (povrǎštam) — to vomit or spew
  • Bulgarian: изхвърлям лава (izhvǎrljam lava) — to vomit or spew
  • French: vomir — to vomit or spew
  • German: ausspeien — to vomit or spew
  • German: ausspucken — to vomit or spew
  • German: auswerfen — to vomit or spew
  • Manx: aayioold — to vomit or spew
  • Māori: whakaruaki — to vomit or spew