regurgitate

[ UK /ɹɪɡˈɜːd‍ʒɪtˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɪˈɡɝdʒəˌteɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. repeat after memorization
    For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information
  2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
    After drinking too much, the students vomited
    He purged continuously
  3. pour or rush back
    The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
  4. 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
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How To Use regurgitate In A Sentence

  • The following symptoms may be present: noisy or labored breathing, especially with eating difficulty eating and swallowing – the child regurgitates milk or other food dysphagia – the child feels like something is “stuck in the throat”; the child keeps choking or feels like he or she is choking on food persistent cough acid reflux Vascular Ring
  • Mostly, they can regurgitate facts, theories - they can prepare for exams.
  • It is much easier to regurgitate previously assembled information than to ascertain new relationships and organize original categories and assimilations.
  • Till recently, they were feeding on the regurgitated food provided by the mother.
  • Indigestible materials like fur, feathers and insect exoskeletons, if swallowed, are regurgitated in a pellet.
  • The jays were going cuckoo over the Cheezie Nuggies, most definitely savoring the zesty cheddary richness, scurrying back to their nests to regurgitate from their crops their loads of dull little seeds and romping expectantly back to my windowsill for a fresh new load of Nug-gies. Shampoo Planet
  • Owls regurgitate partly digested food to feed their young.
  • They are forced to swallow and later regurgitate foreign objects, which Onokoko then displays as proof of demonic possession.
  • Facts were received, processed, stored then regurgitated, pitched perfectly at the needs of essay and exam marker.
  • Any moment now he was going to regurgitate breakfast.
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