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verb
to eat without restraint; eat heartily
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, obsolete
Qualifier: Nova Scotia
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pig out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
eat a lot and without restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: gluttonize, gluttonise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eat
History
From German fressen (“to eat, devour, gobble”) and/or Yiddish פֿרעסן (fresn), both from Middle High German vrëȥȥen, from Old High German frëȥȥan (“to eat up”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to eat up”), from *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + *etaną (“to eat”), equivalent to for- + eat. Cognate with Old English fretan (“to devour”). Doublet of fret.
