regurgitate
12 synonyms and 1 antonym for regurgitate, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To bring swallowed food back up out of the mouth.
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Etymology
Regurgitate comes from Late Latin regurgitātus, the past participle of regurgitāre, itself a combination of re- (“back”) and gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).
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