regurge

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verb

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

Scrabble 9

Meanings

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

present singular third person regurges · participle present regurging · participle past regurged · past regurged

  1. transitiveTo 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
nounregurge (countable and uncountable, plural regurges)

plural regurges

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

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regurge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regurge.

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