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regurge

regurge verb: to throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

Verb

regurge (third-person singular simple present regurges, present participle regurging, simple past and past participle regurged)

  1. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
    • A river girds the city west and south,
      The main north channel of a broad lagoon,
      Regurging with the salt tides from the mouth;1870, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

Noun

regurge (countable and uncountable, plural regurges)

  1. Regurgitation, resurging or reflux (of something, e.g. a fluid, through a suture, a valve, etc).

Forms of regurge

Verb
third-person singular presentregurges
present participleregurging
past participleregurged
pastregurged
Noun
pluralregurges

Origin of regurge

Clipping of regurgitate or regurgitation.

Questions about regurge

What does regurge mean?
Regurge means to throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
What part of speech is regurge?
Regurge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of regurge?
The past tense of regurge is regurged.

Words near regurge in the dictionary

  1. regulos
  2. regulus
  3. reguluses
  4. regur
  5. regurg
  6. regurge
  7. regurged
  8. regurges
  9. regurging
  10. regurgitalite
  11. regurgitalites

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