noun
Meaning 1
Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.
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noun
Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.
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verb
To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
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Usage: derogatory, figuratively, sometimes, transitive
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verb
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: 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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Broader terms: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
verb
repeat after memorization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reproduce
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Broader terms: repeat, echo
verb
feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
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Broader terms: feed, give
verb
pour or rush back
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Broader terms: pour
History
From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).
Across languages
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