disgorge

/dɪsˈɡɔrʤ/

Other forms: disgorged; disgorging; disgorges

There's really no way to put this delicately. Disgorge is just a fancy word for "throw up." Usually, this somewhat icky word is applied to birds or animals rather than people.

Gorge is an old-fashioned word for the throat, so to disgorge is to eject something through the throat. (Yuck.) In addition to its literal meaning, disgorge also has the broader metaphorical meaning of "to empty out." So a bus might disgorge its passengers and a spy might disgorge her secrets — for the right price.

Definitions of disgorge

1. verb

   eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   synonyms: barf, be sick, chuck, regurgitate, throw up, vomit, vomit up

   type of:

   egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

   eliminate from the body
2. verb

   cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
   synonyms: shed, spill

   slop, spill, splatter

   cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container

   types:

   seed

   go to seed; shed seeds

   reseed

   seed again or anew

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense