Definition of "regurgitate" verb third-person singular simple present regurgitates , present participle regurgitating , simple past and past participle regurgitated
(transitive) To throw up or vomit ; to eject what has previously been swallowed . quotations examples
Quotations […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry ] is sticky , and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger . For the mistletoe , this viscous goop – and by the way , viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial . The stickiness means that , after eating the berries , birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds ' getting glued to the tree , where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew .
2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season ”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 December 2014
(transitive, by extension, sometimes derogatory) To repeat verbatim . quotations examples