Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gurgitation

/ˌɡɝ.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gur-gi-ta-tion
IPA: /ˌɡɝ.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of one who gurgitates.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Competitive eating.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] stand at the sanctum sanctorum of eating, the Mount Sinai of mastication, the Coliseum of competitive eating, the Madison Square Garden of gurgitation!"
"Once the occasion for manly pride, eating contests now faded into the hidden recesses of personal biography, [...] Into the delicate ecosystem of American gurgitation, the Federation introduced several new elements: first,[…]"
"Eating. New York, New York—The world of competitive eating shocked the sports world yesterday when the IFOCE (International Federation of Competitive Eating) announced widespread changes to the sport of professional gurgitation."
"He placed third in the Glutton Bowl's cow brain eating finals, losing to Takeru Kobayashi—the Tiger Woods of “gurgitation,” as it's known in the trade."

Etymology

A back-formation from regurgitation, or gurgitate + -ion.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gurgitate

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɡɝ.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/
British English: /ˌɡɜː.dʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

gurgitations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gurgitation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡɝ.d͡ʒəˈteɪ.ʃən/.
What does gurgitation mean?: The act of one who gurgitates.
Where does gurgitation come from?: A back-formation from regurgitation, or gurgitate + -ion.

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