gorge

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gorge/ɡɔːʤ/

▶noun

• 1 a steep, narrow valley or ravine.

• 2 (usu. in phr. one's gorge rises) the contents of the stomach.

• 3 archaic the throat.

• 4 Architecture the narrow rear entrance to a fortification.

▶verb (often gorge (oneself) on) eat a large amount greedily.

– derivatives
gorger noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on L. gurges ‘whirlpool’.