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Rareregurgitate
The correct spelling is regurgitate.
How to pronounce regurgitate
/ɹɪˈɡɝd͡ʒəˌteɪt/
verbIPA: /ɹɪˈɡɝd͡ʒəˌteɪt/
Say it like: Reg-urj-ita-te
The correct spelling is regurgitate. To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. For example: "The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food."
Usage Examples
“The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.”
“Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.”
Definition
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.
- 3.(by extension) To repeat verbatim.
- 4.To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
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