regurgitate
verb
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Something regurgitated has typically been taken in, at least partially digested, and then spit back out—either literally or figuratively. The word often appears in biological contexts (e.g., in describing how some birds feed their chicks by regurgitating incompletely digested food) or in references to ideas or information that has been acquired and restated. A student, for example, might be expected to learn information from a textbook or a teacher and then regurgitate it for a test. Regurgitate, which entered the English vocabulary in the latter half of the 16th century, is of Latin origin and traces back to the Latin word for "whirlpool," which is gurges.
Examples of regurgitate in a Sentence
The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 July 2025
Foard was seen pouring the soup he had been served into cell's the toilet, drinking the mixture and regurgitating it immediately, according to the complaint.
—James Powel, USA Today, 22 July 2025
That no one’s being harmed because the model isn’t regurgitating full books.
—Aron Solomon
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
The last ten years of my career has been reboot mania, and the current nature of the industry tends to regurgitate.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regurgitate. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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