(fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook, consisting of an object easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
“You'll probably get more drops from the feeders and gorgers, they seem to drop stuff more often.”
“The first group consumed the greatest amount of fat followed by the obese and normal weight gorgers.”
“It was hypothesized that gorgers would have lower metabolic rates, more body fat, lower energy and higher fat intakes, and more pathological eating attitudes than non-gorgers.”
