regurgitate
English
Etymology
From Late Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitare (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).
Pronunciation
Verb
regurgitate (third-person singular simple present regurgitates, present participle regurgitating, simple past and past participle regurgitated)
- (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
- (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as a bird or animal does.
- The young gulls were fed by their mother's regurgitated food.
- (transitive, by extension) To repeat verbatim.
- (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
- Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.
Synonyms
- (to throw up or vomit): vomit, throw up, cast, disgorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, upchuck
- See also Wikisaurus:regurgitate
Related terms
Translations
to throw up
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to cough up from gut to feed young chicks
to repeat verbatim
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External links
- regurgitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- regurgitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911