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
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
If a bat returns to the roost hungry, others may regurgitate a blood meal to get them through the night.
—Sebastian Stockmaier, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
The vets induced vomiting in Loki, who regurgitated the 15 chocolate without issue.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
There are hundreds of videos regurgitating trial information that has been filtered from new sites to journalists, to bloggers, and now content creators.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Regurgitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regurgitate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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