'Regurgitate' definitions:
Definition of 'regurgitate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
verb
Feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
verb
Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" [syn: regurgitate, reproduce]
verb
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
Definition of 'Regurgitate'
From: GCIDE
- Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\, v. i. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. [1913 Webster]
- The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth. --Quain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Regurgitate'
From: GCIDE
- Regurgitate \Re*gur"gi*tate\ (r?*g?r"j?*t?t), v. t. [LL. regurgitare, regurgitatum; L. pref. re- re- + gurges, -itis, a gulf. Cf. Regorge.] To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regurgitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- barf,
- be seasick,
- be sick,
- bring up,
- chuck up,
- come again,
- copy,
- course,
- disgorge,
- ditto,
- do a repeat,
- do again,
- do over,
- double,
- duplicate,
- ebb,
- echo,
- egest,
- feed the fish,
- flood,
- flow,
- flow back,
- flow in,
- flow out,
- flush,
- gag,
- gush,
- heave,
- heave the gorge,
- imitate,
- issue,
- keck,
- make,
- parrot,
- plagiarize,
- pour,
- puke,
- quote,
- redo,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reecho,
- reincarnate,
- reject,
- renew,
- repeat,
- reproduce,
- retch,
- revive,
- run,
- rush,
- say again,
- set,
- sick up,
- spew,
- stream,
- surge,
- surge back,
- throw up,
- trend,
- upchuck,
- vomit