Definitions for disgorge

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disgorge dis·gorge

Spelling: [dis-gawrj]

IPA: /dɪsˈgɔrdʒ/

Disgorge is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in disgorge (deggiors).

Definitions for disgorge

verb (used with object)

1. to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth.
2. to surrender or yield (something, especially something illicitly obtained).
3. to discharge forcefully or as a result of force.

verb (used without object)

1. to eject, yield, or discharge something.

Origin of disgorge

1470-80; Middle French desgorger, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + -gorger, derivative of gorge throat; see gorge¹

Examples for disgorge

I saw Lady Carwitchet, who laughed at me, and defied me to make her confess or disgorge.

The trustee wants JPMorgan Chase to disgorge $1 billion in profits and fees and another $5.4 billion in damages.

The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.

The men are wealthy, and I have no doubt that I can force them to disgorge.'

The ten dollars the rascal would have kept, but I made him disgorge it.

Any country that gives him refuge must be made to disgorge him, or else pay the severest price in sanctions.

It was forced to disgorge profits and pay a fine to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

It is only fair that he should be made to disgorge a little.

And then, sickened with you as he was with her, he will disgorge another shadow.

I helped to make them disgorge, I and the rest of the people they employed.