Definition of regurgitate
regurgitated
;regurgitating
intransitive verb
: to become thrown or poured back
transitive verb
: to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity regurgitate food memorized facts to regurgitate on the exam
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Examples of regurgitate in a Sentence
The bird regurgitates to feed its young.
The bird regurgitates food to feed its young.
She memorized the historical dates only to regurgitate them on the exam.
The speaker was just regurgitating facts and figures.
Recent Examples of regurgitate from the Web
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The president is still regurgitating inaccurate campaign rhetoric.
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Indeed, not long after Reynolds turned on his camera to capture the scene, the snake regurgitated another snake of comparable size.
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Your characters will often stop to talk … and talk, and talk, and talk, and never stop talking, regurgitating the same plot points over and over again to the point of absurdity.
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Did You Know?
Something regurgitated has typically been taken in, at least partially digested, and then spit back out . . . either literally or figuratively. The word often appears in biological contexts (e.g., in describing how some birds feed their chicks by regurgitating incompletely digested food), or in references to ideas or information that have been acquired and restated. A student, for example, might be expected to learn information from a textbook or a teacher and then regurgitate it for a test. Regurgitate, which entered the English vocabulary in the mid-17th century, is of Latin origin and traces back to the Latin word for "whirlpool," which is gurges.
Origin and Etymology of regurgitate
Medieval Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare, from Latin re- + Late Latin gurgitare to engulf, from Latin gurgit-, gurges whirlpool — more at voracious
First Known Use: 1578
REGURGITATE Defined for English Language Learners
regurgitate
playDefinition of regurgitate for English Language Learners
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: to bring food that has been swallowed back to and out of the mouth
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: to repeat (something, such as a fact, idea, etc.) without understanding it
REGURGITATE Defined for Kids
regurgitate
playDefinition of regurgitate for Students
regurgitated
;regurgitating
: to bring food that has been swallowed back to and out of the mouth
Medical Dictionary
regurgitate
playMedical Definition of regurgitate
regurgitated
;regurgitating
intransitive verb
: to become thrown or poured backtransitive verb
: to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity regurgitate swallowed food into the mouth
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