regurgitating
present participle ofregurgitate
regurgitate
verb
uk/rɪˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/us/rɪˈɡɝː.dʒə.teɪt/[IorT]
tobringbackswallowedfoodinto themouth:
Owls regurgitatepartlydigestedfoodtofeedtheiryoung.
[T]disapproving
If you regurgitatefacts, you justrepeatwhat you haveheardwithoutthinkingabout it:
Manystudentssimplyregurgitate what theyhearinlectures.
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- airsickness
- bring
- bringsomeoneup
- carsick
- carsickness
- chunder
- disgorge
- keepsomethingdown
- nausea
- puke
- regurgitate
- retch
- sicksomethingup
- sick toyourstomachidiom
- sickeningly
- spew
- spew(something)up
- spit(something)up
- travel sickness
- vomit
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Examplesofregurgitating
regurgitating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He concluded that infection might result from the insectsregurgitatingthe contents of their alimentary canal into the wound in the act of feeding.
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In all cases (n = 12) we observed social flycatchersregurgitatingseeds in the trees from which the fruits had been plucked.
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The report hardly even touches on this sort of solution to the problem, making do withregurgitatingconstantly repeated "analgesic" announcements and proposals.
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We areregurgitatingwhat has been discussed already.
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It is not about getting facts andregurgitatingthem, but about analysing and discussing them.
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They are good atregurgitating, but they are not particularly good at explaining why they came up with that response in the first place.
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I willingly accept that they are all pre-1982 and it is not my purpose here to scandalise further byregurgitatingwhat has happened in the past.
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There is no benefit inregurgitatingwhat went on, but the two sides are in a situation that is unacceptable for the long-term benefit of racing.
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When civil servants get their teeth into a phrase like that they cannot resistregurgitatingit, no matter how many years later they are asked to consider a particular problem.
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The film consists of an animated painting, depicting six dysmorphic figuresregurgitatingin sequence with the sound of a siren loop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He relishesregurgitatingclichd situations from literature, film and television, and introducing odd twists.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their main attack is to swallow people whole, thenregurgitatingthe liquefied remains (somewhat similar to how an owl regurgitates).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Here, they feed on blood,regurgitatingthe haem as hemozoin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Budgerigars feed one another by eating the seeds themselves, and thenregurgitatingit into their flockmate's mouth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The bats feed each other byregurgitatingblood.
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