regurgitations
Bringing food back
Regurgitations are instances of bringing swallowed food back up, whether involuntarily or deliberately—some birds regurgitate to feed their young.
The word extends to any undigested return of consumed material: the regurgitations of facts he'd memorized the night before.
This figurative sense suggests mindless repetition without understanding or original thought.
Expelling stomach contents orally
- refluxBackward liquid movement
- spitting upExpelling swallowed food
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- gastricOf the stomach
esophagus · nausea · ruminant · cud · bolus · heartburn · acid · throat
Revisiting previously discussed material
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- restatementRewording of something said
- repetitionAct of redoing
unoriginal · cliches · rote · verbatim · mindless · copying · echoing · derivative
Committing information to recall
- crammingIntensive last-minute study
- rote learningMemorization through repetition
- uncriticalLacking discerning judgment
- textbookAcademic subject manual
lecture notes · spoon-fed · copying · plagiarism · recall · recitation · test-taking · studying
Giving food to
- nestlingsUnfledged young birds
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- chicksNewly hatched birds
predigested · pellets · owls · bones · fur · fledglings · nourishment · seabirds
vomiting
Expelling stomach contents orally
- refluxBackward liquid movement
- spitting upExpelling swallowed food
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
gastric · esophagus · nausea · ruminant · cud · bolus · heartburn · acid · throat · gag
rehashing
Revisiting previously discussed material
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- parrotingMechanical verbal imitation
- restatementRewording of something said
repetition · unoriginal · cliches · rote · verbatim · mindless · copying · echoing · derivative · stale
memorization
Committing information to recall
- crammingIntensive last-minute study
- rote learningMemorization through repetition
- uncriticalLacking discerning judgment
textbook · lecture notes · spoon-fed · copying · plagiarism · recall · recitation · test-taking · studying · revision
feeding
Giving food to
chicks · predigested · pellets · owls · bones · fur · fledglings · nourishment · seabirds · penguin
regurgitationsdigestions
Bodily food processing
absorptions · assimilations · retentions · ingestions · metabolisms