Associations to the word «Regurgitate»

REGURGITATE, verb. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

REGURGITATE, verb. (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as a bird or animal does.

REGURGITATE, verb. (transitive) (by extension) To repeat verbatim.

REGURGITATE, verb. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

REGURGITATE, verb. Pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle".

REGURGITATE, 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".

REGURGITATE, verb. Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information".

REGURGITATE, 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".