regurgitate

英 [rɪ'gɜːdʒɪteɪt] 美[rɪ'ɡɝdʒɪtet]

• vi. 回流；回涌；反胃；反刍
• vt. 使回流；使回涌；使反刍

1. pour or rush back;

"The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"

2. feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food;

"many birds feed their young by regurgiating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"

3. repeat after memorization;

"For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"

4. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

"After drinking too much, the students vomited"

"He purged continuously"

"The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"