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regurgitate

re·gur·gi·tate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-gur-ji-teyt]
    • /rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt/
    • /rɪˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-gur-ji-teyt]
    • /rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt/

Definitions of regurgitate word

  • verb without object regurgitate to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc. 1
  • verb with object regurgitate to cause to surge or rush back; vomit. 1
  • verb with object regurgitate to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam. 1
  • transitive verb regurgitate bring up: sth swallowed 1
  • transitive verb regurgitate repeat: sb else's words 1
  • verb regurgitate If you say that someone is regurgitating ideas or facts, you mean that they are repeating them without understanding them properly. 0

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Origin of regurgitate

First appearance:

before 1645
One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; < Medieval Latin regurgitātus (past participle of regurgitāre), equivalent to re- re- + gurgit-, stem of gurges whirlpool, flood, stream + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Regurgitate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

regurgitate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for regurgitate

verb regurgitate

  • barf — If someone barfs, they vomit.
  • chunder — to vomit
  • chundering — vomit.
  • cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
  • disembogue — to discharge contents by pouring forth.

Antonyms for regurgitate

verb regurgitate

  • downed — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • downing — a downward movement; descent.
  • downs — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • chugalug — (transitive, intransitive) To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.

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