regurgitate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb pour or rush back
  2. verb feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
  3. verb repeat after memorization

Etymology

From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).

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