Definition of "regurgitate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

2. (transitive) 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. (transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.

4. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

   • Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.

noun

1. Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.