regurgitate

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

Synonyms

vomit

throw up

puke

spew

disgorge

upchuck

sick

🤢

spue

barf

regorge

chuck

cast

retch

cat

😺

vomit up

be sick

purge

honk

reproduce

lunge

nosedive

plummet

plunge

plunk

pour

regress

rehash

ruminate

run

rush

spill out

spit up

stoop

surge

swoop

yak

zoom

belch forth

Ralph

shower down

chunder

sick up

toss one’s cookies

barge

bear down

buck

burst

chew over

course

crash

Translations

régurgiter

regurgitar

rigurgitare

erbrechen

αναμασώ

εξεμώ

rigettare

rimettere

vomir

rendre

gerber

κάνω εμετό

dégobiller

rejeter

vomitare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪ.ˈ ɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/

Etymology

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