Regurgitate
verb
To bring back up partially digested food from the stomach into the mouth.
Some birds regurgitate food to feed their young.
Often appears as...
- regurgitate food
- regurgitate contents
verb
To repeat something without understanding or digesting it.
The student simply regurgitated the lecture notes for the essay.
Often appears as...
- regurgitate information
- regurgitate notes
Usage tips
Disapproving
General, Academic
verb
To bring back up partially digested food from the stomach into the mouth.
Some birds regurgitate food to feed their young.
Often appears as...
- regurgitate food
- regurgitate contents
verb
To repeat something without understanding or digesting it.
The student simply regurgitated the lecture notes for the essay.
Often appears as...
- regurgitate information
- regurgitate notes
Usage tips
Disapproving
General, Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Behavior
Used mostly for animals, especially birds feeding their chicks.
Mother penguins regurgitate their food to nourish their babies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Illness
Regurgitating doesn't always mean the animal is sick; it can be normal behavior.
Healthy young raptors regurgitate pellets consisting of indigestible material.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Context
When referring to humans, it usually implies illness or disgust.
He regurgitated his meal after riding the roller coaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Behavior
Used mostly for animals, especially birds feeding their chicks.
Mother penguins regurgitate their food to nourish their babies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Illness
Regurgitating doesn't always mean the animal is sick; it can be normal behavior.
Healthy young raptors regurgitate pellets consisting of indigestible material.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Context
When referring to humans, it usually implies illness or disgust.
He regurgitated his meal after riding the roller coaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Behavior
Used mostly for animals, especially birds feeding their chicks.
Mother penguins regurgitate their food to nourish their babies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Illness
Regurgitating doesn't always mean the animal is sick; it can be normal behavior.
Healthy young raptors regurgitate pellets consisting of indigestible material.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Context
When referring to humans, it usually implies illness or disgust.
He regurgitated his meal after riding the roller coaster.
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Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
would were four down and they'd have to run back to the den to feed her and they had to do that fairly quickly otherwise sort of gesture would start setting in and they wouldn't would not be able to regurgitate fur so the one day the pack killed the pig piggy always gets it they killed the pig out on the open Marsh and I knew this was our moment to - there
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Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
they'll regurgitate all the parts they did not like. They'll put me back into the closet, hang me with all the other skeletons. I will be the best attraction. Can you see how easy it is to talk people into coffins, to misspell their names on gravestones. And people still wonder why there are boys rotting,
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A critical examination...
on our society this is bigger than a test it's more powerful than a test to take a test you would reduce what we've done in this unit and how modernize it as a simple fact-finding endeavor that's not what we're looking for we're not looking to regurgitate facts we're looking to find value in life and the
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Mapping the Unknown,...
lizards birds small mammals it would digest the food but it they actually regurgitate up there the bones so that whole little meter square excavation pit we found about twenty-six new species either unknown to science didn't know they lived in that part of the world or
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Lion vs Tiger - Who...
Can lions eat plants? Yes! They know if they've got really bad stomachs. That if they eat a lot of grass, it will actually help them regurgitate and it will stop the irritation in the stomach. So if they're not feeling well, they know it will help them feel better.
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The world’s most...
There are nearly one billion cows in the world, most of them raised specifically for milk and meat. Like goats, cows are ruminants, which means their stomachs have four chambers, allowing them to chew, digest and regurgitate their food multiple times.
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Savanna Vulture PIPE...
most social of all vultures they live together in large colonies and tucked into the sides of cliffs they mate for life sharing parental duties both parents incubate the egg and they both eat and then regurgitate the meat they
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The Kangaroo is the...
goats with the same cud chewing abilities recently swallowed food can be regurgitated and chewed again before final digestion as they forage along their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground
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Vultures Steal Hyena's...
vultures they live together in large colonies tucked into the sides of cliffs they mate for life sharing parental duties both parents incubate the egg and they both eat and then regurgitate the meat
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The Two Einsteins:...
but they were really helpful. --blind regurgitation and rote memorization is not an education. GEOFFREY Well, I noticed in the very early footage in the teenage years, he was very rebellious
Video examples
Watch Wild Predators...
would were four down and they'd have to run back to the den to feed her and they had to do that fairly quickly otherwise sort of gesture would start setting in and they wouldn't would not be able to regurgitate fur so the one day the pack killed the pig piggy always gets it they killed the pig out on the open Marsh and I knew this was our moment to - there
Video examples
Lee Mokobe: A powerful...
they'll regurgitate all the parts they did not like. They'll put me back into the closet, hang me with all the other skeletons. I will be the best attraction. Can you see how easy it is to talk people into coffins, to misspell their names on gravestones. And people still wonder why there are boys rotting,
Video examples
A critical examination...
on our society this is bigger than a test it's more powerful than a test to take a test you would reduce what we've done in this unit and how modernize it as a simple fact-finding endeavor that's not what we're looking for we're not looking to regurgitate facts we're looking to find value in life and the
Video examples
Mapping the Unknown,...
lizards birds small mammals it would digest the food but it they actually regurgitate up there the bones so that whole little meter square excavation pit we found about twenty-six new species either unknown to science didn't know they lived in that part of the world or
Video examples
Lion vs Tiger - Who...
Can lions eat plants? Yes! They know if they've got really bad stomachs. That if they eat a lot of grass, it will actually help them regurgitate and it will stop the irritation in the stomach. So if they're not feeling well, they know it will help them feel better.
Video examples
The world’s most...
There are nearly one billion cows in the world, most of them raised specifically for milk and meat. Like goats, cows are ruminants, which means their stomachs have four chambers, allowing them to chew, digest and regurgitate their food multiple times.
Video examples
Savanna Vulture PIPE...
most social of all vultures they live together in large colonies and tucked into the sides of cliffs they mate for life sharing parental duties both parents incubate the egg and they both eat and then regurgitate the meat they
Video examples
The Kangaroo is the...
goats with the same cud chewing abilities recently swallowed food can be regurgitated and chewed again before final digestion as they forage along their tail acts as a kind of fifth leg helping to push off from the ground
Video examples
Vultures Steal Hyena's...
vultures they live together in large colonies tucked into the sides of cliffs they mate for life sharing parental duties both parents incubate the egg and they both eat and then regurgitate the meat
Video examples
The Two Einsteins:...
but they were really helpful. --blind regurgitation and rote memorization is not an education. GEOFFREY Well, I noticed in the very early footage in the teenage years, he was very rebellious
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Quote examples
Kid Cudi
American Musician
The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.
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Nancy Dubuc
American Businesswoman
There's still too much filler, copycat programming that's out there. We work so hard to pioneer new ideas, and then those ideas are just regurgitated by other networks. That's not good for anybody, I think. That's not good for our business. That's not good for our audience.
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Taj Mahal
American Musician
I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
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Greg Vaughan
You get a lot of people who are used to the stage and a lot of people who are used to prime time, and they can't keep up with the pace. It's so fast - you have to digest it, regurgitate it, spit it out, and then start over and move on to the next scene.
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Greg Behrendt
American Comedian
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.
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Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
I taught myself to listen and kind of regurgitate what I was surrounded by, and it's been a wonderful tool to have as an actor.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
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Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
Sometimes I can receive the world and regurgitate my version of events easily and sometimes it's hard.
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Layne Staley
American Musician
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
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Kid Cudi
American Musician
The world that I am coming from, hip-hop, is so regurgitated and repetitive that some people are used to that and they don't want change, they don't like change. And I get that, that's cool. Luckily for me, I'm confident in myself as an artist where I can do what I want, and as long as I'm cool with it, I'm cool with it.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.
Quote examples
Nancy Dubuc
American Businesswoman
There's still too much filler, copycat programming that's out there. We work so hard to pioneer new ideas, and then those ideas are just regurgitated by other networks. That's not good for anybody, I think. That's not good for our business. That's not good for our audience.
Quote examples
Taj Mahal
American Musician
I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
Quote examples
Greg Vaughan
You get a lot of people who are used to the stage and a lot of people who are used to prime time, and they can't keep up with the pace. It's so fast - you have to digest it, regurgitate it, spit it out, and then start over and move on to the next scene.
Quote examples
Greg Behrendt
American Comedian
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.
Quote examples
Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
I taught myself to listen and kind of regurgitate what I was surrounded by, and it's been a wonderful tool to have as an actor.
Quote examples
Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
Quote examples
Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
Sometimes I can receive the world and regurgitate my version of events easily and sometimes it's hard.
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Layne Staley
American Musician
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
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