English Explanatory Dictionary

regurgitate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

noun

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ rĭ-gərˈ-jə-tāt en-us-regurgitate.ogg

Word forms

regurgitate regurgitates regurgitating regurgitated

Etymology

From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).

Synonyms

bait be sick blow chunks boak boke boot bork bow down before the porcelain god cast up one's accounts chuck chuck up chunder drive the porcelain bus erupt gag get sick heave honk hurl launch one's lunch lose one's lunch pray to the porcelain god puke up purge ralph regurge regurgitate shoot the cat sick sick up talk to God on the big white telephone talk to Ralph on the big white telephone toss toss one's cookies woof one's cookies whoops worship the porcelain god worship the porcelain goddess yak vomit throw up cast disgorge retch puke barf spew upchuck

Antonyms

defecate ingest

Related words

nauseated regurgitation regurgitative

Derived words

regurgitalith regurgitator regurgitatory unregurgitated

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