What does "regurge" mean?

Regurgitation, resurging or reflux (of something, e.g. a fluid, through a suture, a valve, etc).

Regurge

Common synonyms include: bow down before the porcelain god, cast, chuck, drive the porcelain bus, heave, hurl.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
Regurgitation, resurging or reflux (of something, e.g. a fluid, through a suture, a valve, etc). countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. transitive
"A river girds the city west and south, The main north channel of a broad lagoon, Regurging with the salt tides from the mouth;"

"A river girds the city west and south, The main north channel of a broad lagoon, Regurging with the salt tides from the mouth;"

A shortening of regurgitate.

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