regurgitate

Regurgitate is defined as to bring back or rush back.

(verb)

An example of regurgitate is to eat something and then have the food come back up the esophagus from the stomach.
An example of regurgitate is the smell of baking cookies causing the return of childhood memories.

See regurgitate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to rush, surge, or flow back

Origin: < ML regurgitatus, pp. of regurgitare, to regurgitate < re-, back + LL gurgitare, to flood < gurges (gen. gurgitis): see gorge

transitive verb

to cause to surge or flow back; specif., to bring (partly digested food) from the stomach back to the mouth

Related Forms:

See regurgitate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing, re·gur·gi·tates

verb, intransitive

To rush or surge back.

verb, transitive

To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin regurgitāre, regurgitāt-, to overflow

Origin: : Latin re-, re-

Origin: + Late Latin gurgitāre, to engulf, flood (from Latin gurges, gurgit-, whirlpool)

Related Forms:

Learn more about regurgitate

regurgitate synonyms

regurgitate medical definition

regurgitate in a sentence

link/cite print suggestion box

More from YD