Definition/Meaning of gorge
- English - Noun: gorge (plural gorges) (archaic) The front aspect of the neck ; the outside of the throat . 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 19, page 9: His gall did grate for griefe and high diſdaine, And knitting all his force got one hand free, Wherewith he grypt her gorge with ſo great paine, That ſoone to looſe…
- English - Verb: gorge (third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged) (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food ; to eat greedily and in large quantities . They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake. 1824 June, [Walter Scott], “Narrative of Darsie Latimer, Continued”, in Redgauntlet, […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James…
- English - Adjective: gorge (comparative more gorge, superlative most gorge) (slang) Gorgeous . Oh, look at him: isn’t he gorge ? 2017 May 12, Carson Kressley, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: ‘RuPaul Roast’”, in Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019: Now here's a little inside scoop, I happen to adore Michelle [Visage] and she has never looked more gorge than in this episode!
- English - Anagrams: grego
- English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English…