Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bring swallowed food back up to the mouth: To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; to vomit.
   • To repeat information without understanding or thought: To reproduce or repeat memorized information mechanically, like a reflex.
   • To flow or pour back: For a liquid or gas to flow back in the direction it came from.

Examples of Usage

• Verb (to bring food up):
  • The baby bird waited for its mother to regurgitate food.
  • Some animals regurgitate partially digested food for their young.
• Verb (to repeat information):
  • The student simply regurgitated facts from the textbook without any analysis.
  • The goal of education is understanding, not just the ability to regurgitate data.
• Verb (to flow back):
  • A faulty valve can cause blood to regurgitate into the heart chamber.

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively for unoriginal repetition: Often used critically to describe the thoughtless repetition of ideas, opinions, or media content.
  • The article didn't offer new insights; it just regurgitated the company's press release.
• Biological/Physiological context: A specific term in biology and medicine for the backward flow of bodily fluids or the feeding behavior of certain animals and birds.
  • The doctor diagnosed him with mitral valve regurgitation.

Variants and Related Words

• Regurgitation (noun): The act or process of regurgitating.
  • The regurgitation of stomach acid can cause discomfort.
  • His essay was a mere regurgitation of old arguments.

Synonyms

• Vomit, throw up, disgorge (for bringing food up).
• Parrot, repeat mechanically, recite (for repeating information).
• Flow back, reflux (for liquid/gas movement).

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(This word is typically not used in common phrasal verb constructions. Its usage is more direct or technical.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically built around the word "regurgitate." Its figurative use itself carries the idiomatic meaning of unthinking repetition.)

Verb

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   • After drinking too much, the students vomited
   • He purged continuously
   • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
2. repeat after memorization
   • For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information
3. feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
   • many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest
4. pour or rush back
   • The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle