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  1. competitive eatingnoun

    Sport where participants have to consume vast amounts of food in a short time.

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  1. Competitive eating

    Competitive eating, or speed eating, is an activity in which participants compete against each other to eat large quantities of food, usually in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to ten minutes long, although some competitions can last up to thirty minutes, with the person consuming the most food being declared the winner. Competitive eating is most popular in the United States, Canada, and Japan, where organized professional eating contests often offer prizes, including cash.

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  1. Competitive eating

    Competitive eating, or speed eating, is a sport in which participants compete against each other to consume large quantities of food in a short time period. Contests are typically eight to 10 minutes long, and usually less than 15 minutes in length, with the person consuming the most food being declared the winner. Competitive eating is most popular in the United States and Japan, where organized professional eating contests often offer $10,000 or more in prize money. Competitive eaters are sometimes known as "gurgitators," a word coined by Major League Eating and used by those close to the sport and an assumed opposite of regurgitation.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of competitive eating in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of competitive eating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of competitive eating in a Sentence

  1. George Shay:

    Kobayashi put two hot dogs in his bun, two hot dogs in his mouth, — and while he was eating those, he put more in. It was almost a conveyer belt. It was like a Henry Ford moment in competitive eating. And obviously that revolutionized the sport.

  2. George Shay:

    Kobayashi put two hot dogs in his bun – two hot dogs in his mouth, and while he was eating those, he put more in, it was almost a conveyer belt. It was like a Henry Ford moment in competitive eating. And obviously that revolutionized the sport.


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  • الأكل التنافسيArabic
  • konkurrencedygtig spisningDanish
  • wettbewerbsfähiges EssenGerman
  • ανταγωνιστική διατροφήGreek
  • alimentation compétitiveFrench
  • mangiare competitivoItalian
  • manducans competitiveLatin
  • konkurencyjne jedzeniePolish
  • போட்டியிடும் உணவுTamil

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