GOURMANDIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gourmandize mean? 

• GOURMANDIZE (verb)
  The verb GOURMANDIZE has 1 sense:

1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

  Familiarity information: GOURMANDIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOURMANDIZE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff

Context example:

The kids binged on ice cream

Hypernyms (to "gourmandize" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

gourmand; gourmandizer (a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess)