regurgitate
/ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ verb, noun
Forms regurgitates regurgitating regurgitated
- verb (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
- verb (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does. “The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.”
- verb (transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
- verb (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. “Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.”
- noun Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.
Synonyms
vomit throw up cast disgorge retch puke barf spew upchuck bait be sick blow chunks boak boke boot bork bow down before the porcelain god cast up one's accounts chuck chuck up reproduce vomit up purge sick cat regorge spue honk
Antonyms
Etymology
From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.
- verb To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
Etymology [LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. Regorge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “regurgitate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details