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 regurgitating 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 ]

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