regurgitating
Spewing back out
Regurgitating is the present participle of regurgitate—to bring swallowed food back up, as when birds feed their young or when someone vomits.
Figuratively, to regurgitate information is to repeat it mechanically without understanding or original thought: He's just regurgitating what he read online.
The word carries dismissive connotations when applied to speech or writing.
Stomach contents expelled orally
- retchGag involuntarily
- heaveForceful lift or throw
- spewEject with force
- disgorgeExpel contents forcefully
expel · eject · upchuck · barf · puke · gag · throw-up · bilious
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
squeamishness · distaste · repugnance · revolting · nauseating · gagging · grossness · retching
Mechanical verbal imitation
- rehashingRevisiting previously discussed material
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
- recitingSpeaking learned text aloud
copying · mimicking · undigested · verbatim · rote · mindless · mechanical · uncritical
Chewed food mass
- chymePartially digested stomach contents
- rumenFirst stomach of ruminants
- cudRechewed stomach contents
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
esophagus · pharyngeal · peristalsis · swallowing · undigested · stomach · gastric · esophageal
Unfledged young birds
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- fledglingsYoung birds with feathers
- parentMother or father
nurturing · beak · pigeons · nourishment · provision · regurgitant · pelicans · penguins
emesis
Stomach contents expelled orally
disgorge · expel · eject · upchuck · barf · puke · gag · throw-up · bilious · queasy
revulsion
Intense physical disgust
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
aversion · squeamishness · distaste · repugnance · revolting · nauseating · gagging · grossness · retching · sickening
parroting
Mechanical verbal imitation
- rehashingRevisiting previously discussed material
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- echoingReflecting sound repeatedly
reciting · copying · mimicking · undigested · verbatim · rote · mindless · mechanical · uncritical · memorized
bolus
Chewed food mass
crop · esophagus · pharyngeal · peristalsis · swallowing · undigested · stomach · gastric · esophageal · alimentary
nestlings
Unfledged young birds
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- hatchlingsRecently emerged young animals
- fledglingsYoung birds with feathers
parent · nurturing · beak · pigeons · nourishment · provision · regurgitant · pelicans · penguins · flamingos
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- copyingcopying, copy, plagiarism, repeating, duplicating
regurgitatingretaining
Holding onto still
keeping down · holding down · digesting · absorbing · assimilating
regurgitatingcreating
Making something new
originating · innovating · synthesizing · analyzing · formulating