regurgitation
noun
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Definition of regurgitation
: an act of regurgitating: such as
a
: the casting up of incompletely digested food (as by some birds in feeding their young)
b
: the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve
Examples of regurgitation in a Sentence
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In addition to plankton, the opportunistic eaters can sustain themselves by feeding on the feces and mucous-coated regurgitation of invasive mussels. — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, "Asian carp have never breached a body of freshwater the size of Lake Michigan. Here’s the bizarre way they could survive and thrive in the world’s fifth largest lake.," 12 Aug. 2019 Maintaining their integrity out of context, individual sketches are easily plugged into online video platforms and social media regurgitation machines. — Los Angeles Times, "Forget ‘Saturday Night Live.’ In TV’s latest sketch comedies, an old form learns new tricks," 31 July 2019 Largely absent were rote attacks on Trump, or a lengthy regurgitation of the debate about whether he should be impeached. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "The First Democratic Debate Shuns Donald Trump in Favor of Substance," 27 June 2019 If the debate becomes a regurgitation of policy positions among mostly unknown candidates, the debate could be a ratings disaster. — David Paleologos, USA TODAY, "Paleologos on the Poll: Where is voter excitement as the debates speed towards us?," 19 June 2019 This year marks the first World Cup for which Nike designed uniforms specifically for the women’s teams, rather than providing them with regurgitations of whatever the men wore the year before. — Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "How “soccer girl” became the indisputably coolest look," 14 June 2019 This, in turn, almost always sets off a regurgitation chain reaction with her 5-year-old brother, who sees his sister’s expulsion and begins to dramatically expel himself. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "Memo to Rolls-Royce: Family Car Rides Are Anything but Luxurious," 18 May 2018 This stunt didn’t stave off the wolves closing in on him in Washington, and the current regurgitation of this tactic won’t save Trump either. — Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, "Following the Money in Trumpland Leads Ugly Places," 9 May 2018 For most infants, though, regurgitation of food is not a disease. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, "Ah-choo! These meds linked with higher allergy risk in kids," 2 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'regurgitation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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regurgitation
noun
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Medical Definition of regurgitation
: an act of regurgitating
especially
: the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve — see aortic regurgitation