regurgitate

[ ri-gur-ji-teyt ]

/ rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used without object), re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.

verb (used with object), re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

to cause to surge or rush back; vomit.

to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.

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Origin of regurgitate

1645–55; <Medieval Latin regurgitātus (past participle of regurgitāre), equivalent to re-re- + gurgit-, stem of gurges whirlpool, flood, stream + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM regurgitate

re·gur·gi·tant

[ri-gur-ji-tuhnt], /rɪˈgɜr dʒɪ tənt/, nounun·re·gur·gi·tat·ed, adjective

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How to use regurgitate in a sentence

After the chicks hatch, when a parent comes in to regurgitate a blob of partially digested fish, it feeds the chicks closest to it.
Three love stories about birds that will delight your heart|Laura Erickson|November 6, 2020|Popular-Science
Not only does information spill out, anything new that falls in is regurgitated almost immediately.
The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End|George Musser|October 29, 2020|Quanta Magazine
How disappointed Pump must be that not a single time have I regurgitated half-eaten rabbit flesh for her.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 22, 2020|Freakonomics
And Relin was not some hack hagiographer who regurgitated whatever his primary source told him.
The Death of Co-Author of ‘Three Cups of Tea’ Is Ruled Suicide|Michael Daly|December 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The water regurgitated is, however, by means of the elevation of the soft palate, forced into the pharyngeal pouch.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon|Robert A. Sterndale
The child will rapidly gulp down air which distends the stomach, and is then regurgitated with a loud sound.
The Nervous Child|Hector Charles Cameron
The food in this case is not swallowed, nor does it pass any point from which it can be regurgitated.
Fletcherism|Horace Fletcher
Under certain conditions this acid content of the stomach is regurgitated back into the throat and even belched up into the mouth.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
When the obstruction is incomplete, fluids may pass into the stomach while solids are regurgitated.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for regurgitate

regurgitate

/ (rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt) /

verb

to vomit forth (partially digested food)

(of some birds and certain other animals) to bring back to the mouth (undigested or partly digested food with which to feed the young)

(intr) to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth

(intr) med (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve

Derived forms of regurgitate

regurgitant, noun, adjectiveregurgitation, noun

Word Origin for regurgitate

C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool

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regurgitate

[ rē-gûr′jĭ-tāt′ ]

To rush or surge back.

To cause to pour back, especially to cast up partially digested food.

Other words from regurgitate

re•gur′gi•tant (-tənt) adj.re•gur′gi•ta′tion n.

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