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Regurgitate

//ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. transitive

    "[…] 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."

  2. 2
    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
  3. 3
    To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does. transitive

    "The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food."

  4. 4
    repeat after memorization wordnet
  5. 5
    To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension. derogatory, figuratively, sometimes, transitive

    "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[…]"

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  1. 6
    feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food wordnet
  2. 7
    To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. intransitive

    "Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth."

  3. 8
    pour or rush back wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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