regurgitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Re*gur"gi*tate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. Regorge.
Definitions
  1. To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.
Re*gur"gi*tate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
    The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth. Quain.

Webster 1913