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regurgitate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ (US)
  • rĭ-gərˈ-jə-tāt (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.
    • However, the growing prevalence of plastics in some areas means these can be difficult for albatrosses to distinguish, leading to accidental ingestion. These may then accumulate in the gut or be passed to offspring through regurgitates. 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 22:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
regurgitates Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

regurgitative · regurgitation

Translations (39)

bg повтарям буквално (to repeat without actual comprehension) · es repetir textualmente (to repeat without actual comprehension) · ru отрыгну́ть (to throw up) · es regurgitar (to throw up) · mi whakaruaki (to cough up from gut to feed young chicks) · mk повраќа (to throw up) · cmn 反芻 /反刍 (to cough up from gut to feed young chicks) · de regurgitieren (to throw up) · sl bruhati (to throw up) · el αναμηρυκάζω (to repeat without actual comprehension) · de kotzen (to throw up) · de wortwörtlich wiederholen (to repeat without actual comprehension) · it rigurgitare (to throw up) · cmn 反胃 (to throw up) · el κάνω εμετό (to throw up) · ru рыгну́ть (to throw up) · mk блуе (to throw up) · ru отры́гивать (to throw up) · fr régurgiter (to repeat without actual comprehension) · ota قوصمق (to throw up) · nl letterlijk herhalen (to repeat without actual comprehension) · fi antaa ylen (to throw up) · gl regurxitar (to throw up) · ru срыгну́ть (to throw up) · fr régurgiter (to throw up) · es regurgitar (to cough up from gut to feed young chicks) · de wiederkäuen (to repeat without actual comprehension) · ru блева́ть (to throw up) · de erbrechen (to throw up) · ru сры́гивать (to throw up) · fi oksentaa (to cough up from gut to feed young chicks) · fi oksentaa (to throw up) · el αναμασώ (to repeat without actual comprehension) · cs papouškovat (to repeat without actual comprehension) · fi toistaa sanasta sanaan (to repeat without actual comprehension) · mi whakaruaki (to throw up) · el αναμασώ (to cough up from gut to feed young chicks) · ru рыга́ть (to throw up) · bg повръщам (to throw up)

regurgitate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ (US)
  • rĭ-gərˈ-jə-tāt (US)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
    • […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: 'Under the hemiparasite', International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014:
  2. (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
    • The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.
  3. (derogatory, figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
    • The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read[…] 2023 February 9, Ted Chiang, “ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web”, in The New Yorker:
  4. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
    • Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
regurgitates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
regurgitating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
regurgitated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
regurgitated Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

defecate · ingest

Deriveds

regurgitalith · unregurgitated · regurgitatory · regurgitator

Relateds

nauseated

Synonyms

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