Regurgitate
(verb)
- To bring partially digested food back up to the mouth and then swallow it again.
- To repeat or reproduce something that has been previously learned or studied.
Origin:
The word regurgitate comes from the latin word regurgitare which means to flow back, to pour back. it is formed by re (back) and gurgitare (to pour out).
Examples:
- The baby regurgitated the milk after eating too quickly.
- Some birds are able to regurgitate food for their young.
- The student regurgitated the information for the exam without understanding it.
- The politician regurgitated the same talking points in every speech.
- The company's new strategy was just a regurgitation of the old one.