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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
What a bird or other animal does, to cough up from its gut to feed its young.
* The young gulls were fed by their mother's regurgitated food.
To repeat verbatim.

Synonyms

Translations

Finnish: oksentaa

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\ (r?*g?r"j?*t?t), v. t. [LL.
regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis,
a gulf. Cf. Regorge.]
To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to
pour or throw back in great quantity.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\, v. i.
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
[1913 Webster]

The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the
esophagus and mouth. --Quain.
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WordNet regurgitate
v 1: pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart
ventricle"
2: feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed
food; "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what
they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
3: repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able
to regurgitate the information" [syn: reproduce]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
throw up] [ant: keep down]

Moby Dictionary
barf , be seasick , be sick , bring up , chuck up , come again , copy ,
course , disgorge , ditto , do a repeat , do again , do over , double ,
duplicate , ebb , echo , egest , feed the fish , flood , flow , flow back ,
flow in , flow out , flush , gag , gush , heave , heave the gorge ,
imitate , issue , keck , make , parrot , plagiarize , pour , puke , quote ,
redo , redouble , reduplicate , reecho , reincarnate , reject , renew ,
repeat , reproduce , retch , revive , run , rush , say again , set ,
sick up , spew , stream , surge , surge back , throw up , trend , upchuck ,
vomit