regurgitate

[ ri-gur-ji-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

, re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

1. to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.

verb (used with object)

, re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

1. to cause to surge or rush back; vomit.
2. to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated:

   to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.

regurgitate

/ rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt /

verb

1. 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. intr to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth
4. intr med (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve

Derived Forms

• reˌgurgiˈtation, noun
• reˈgurgitant, nounadjective

Other Words From

• re·gur·gi·tant [ri-, gur, -ji-t, uh, nt], noun
• unre·gurgi·tated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of regurgitate¹

1645–55; < Medieval Latin regurgitātus (past participle of regurgitāre ), equivalent to re- re- + gurgit-, stem of gurges whirlpool, flood, stream + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of regurgitate¹

C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre , from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool

Example Sentences

He asked to remain anonymous, but he had worked on material that was used to train the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, so that it was programmed not to regurgitate horrific material.

From BBC

“It's just a racist urban legend that gets regurgitated every few years every few years whenever Klan-type groups like it.”

From Salon

As usual, they had to spend about half the time rebutting right-wing smears, dutifully regurgitated by the host Dana Bash.

From Salon

Instead of listening to boring lectures regurgitating scientific papers they’d already read, why not present video footage?

From Los Angeles Times

And he repeated – without any evidence and contrary to government data - that 100% of new jobs have gone to migrants, while regurgitating false claims about having won the 2020 election.

From BBC