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regurgitate

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  • IPA /ɹɪˈɡɝd͡ʒəˌteɪt/

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regurgitate verb

  1. To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  2. To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.“The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.”
  3. (by extension) To repeat verbatim.
  4. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.“Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.”

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