Verb: regurgitate ri'gur-ji,teyt or ree'gur-ji,teyt
- Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night";
- vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
- 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"
- Pour or rush back
"The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
- Repeat after memorization
"For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information";
- reproduce
Derived forms: regurgitating, regurgitates, regurgitated
Type of: echo, egest, eliminate, excrete, feed, give, pass, pour, repeat
Antonym: keep down
Encyclopedia: Regurgitate