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View usage for: (rɪgɜːʳdʒɪteɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense regurgitates, present participle regurgitating, past tense, past participle regurgitated1. verbIf you say that someone is regurgitating ideas or facts, you mean that they are repeating them without understanding them properly. [disapproval] You can get sick to death of a friend regurgitating her partner's opinions. [VERB noun] 2. verbIf a person or animal regurgitates food, they bring it back up from their stomach before it has been digested. [formal] Sometimes he regurgitates the food we give him because he cannot swallow. [VERB noun] More Synonyms of regurgitate regurgitate in British English (rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt) verb1. to vomit forth (partially digested food) 2. (of some birds and certain other animals) to bring back to the mouth (undigested or partly digested food with which to feed the young) 3. (intransitive) to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth 4. (intransitive) medicine (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve Derived forms regurgitant (reˈgurgitant) noun, adjective regurgitation (reˌgurgiˈtation) noun Word origin C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool regurgitate in American English (rɪˈgɜrdʒəˌteɪt) verb intransitiveWord forms: reˈgurgiˌtated or reˈgurgiˌtating1. to rush, surge, or flow back verb transitive2. to cause to surge or flow back; specif., to bring (partly digested food) from thestomach back to the mouth Derived forms regurgitant (reˈgurgitant) adjective Word origin < ML regurgitatus, pp. of regurgitare, to regurgitate < re-, back + LL gurgitare, to flood < gurges (gen. gurgitis): see gorge Examples of 'regurgitate' in a sentenceregurgitate Definition to reproduce (ideas or facts) without understanding them Many lectures regurgitate old information. Definition to vomit It was enough to make you regurgitate your plum pudding. Synonyms disgorge chuck up (slang, mainly US) puke up (slang) sick up (informal) spew out or up Additional synonymsDefinition to do again (something that has already been done) Scientists hope the work done can be duplicated elswhere. Synonyms repeat, reproduce, echo, copy, clone, replicateDefinition (of people) to repeat or imitate (what someone else has said) Many phrases in the last chapter echo earlier passages. Synonyms recall, reflect, copy, mirror, resemble, reproduce, parrot, imitate, reiterate, apeDefinition to say or do again Synonyms repeat, go over, reiterate (formal), restate, recap (informal), recapitulateNearby words ofregurgitate - regular
- regulate
- regulation
- regurgitate
- rehabilitate
- rehash
- rehearsal
Additional synonymsDefinition to restate the main points of (an argument or speech) Let's just recapitulate the essential points. Synonyms restate, review, repeat, outline, sum up, recount, reiterate (formal), run over, summarize, epitomize, recap (informal), go over again, run through again Definition to repeat again and again He reiterated his opposition to the creation of a central bank. Synonyms repeat, restate, say again, retell, do again, recapitulate, iterateDefinition to make a copy or representation of The effect has proved hard to reproduce. Synonyms copy, recreate, replicate, duplicate, match, represent, mirror, echo, parallel, imitate, emulateDefinition to vomit He threw up over a seat next to me. Synonyms vomit, be sick, spew, puke (slang), chuck (Australian, New Zealand, informal), heave, regurgitate, disgorge, retch, barf (US, slang), chunder (slang, Australian), upchuck (US, slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (US, slang), bring up |