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(transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. / (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

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regurgitate

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Source Word

regurgitate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈɡɝd͡ʒəˌteɪt/

Verb

transitive broadly intransitive

(transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. / (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

Japanese Meaning

（体内へ入れた物を）吐き戻す、嘔吐する / （鳥などが雛に）胃の内容物を吐き出して与える

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After eating the spoiled fish, the cat started to regurgitate everything onto the porch.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

腐った魚を食べた後、猫はポーチの上にすべてを吐き戻し始めた。

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(transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.

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