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Verb: regurgitate  ri'gur-ji,teyt or ree'gur-ji,teyt
  1. 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
     
  2. 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. Pour or rush back
    "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
     
  4. 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