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to regorge

to regorge

9.9
To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick
  • verb
  • /rɪˈɡɔrdʒ/
translation icon : vomitar
  • After feeling nauseous, he had to regorge his lunch into the toilet.

Examples

  • Some birds will regorge food to feed their young.

  • The baby began to regorge his milk shortly after feeding.

  • After feeling ill, he had to regorge his meal.

  • He regorged after eating too much.

  • The dog regorged its food all over the carpet.

  • The baby regorged his milk, making a mess on the high chair.

  • She felt sick and suddenly regorged her dinner all over the floor.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto regorge
  • Informal
296 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is the more formal and slightly literary way to describe this action
to puke
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
186 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the more formal, dictionary-style description of the same action
to vomit
vsto regorge
148 1.0

To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth

is the broader neutral term covering similar abrupt expulsion
to be sick
vsto regorge
109 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is a more formal single-word label for that same act
to barf
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
38 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is the neutral, non-colloquial term for the same action
to cast
vsto regorge
  • Archaic
9 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the modern, neutral description rather than archaic phrasing
to spew
vsto regorge
  • Informal
9 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the general term that does not stress forcefulness
to puke up
vsto regorge
  • Informal
8 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

is broader, covering any stomach content regardless of recent eating
to chuck
vsto regorge
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the standard term without slang coloring
to puke my guts out
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is the neutral description that does not stress repetition or intensity
to regurgitate
vsto regorge
5 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

is the general term that can include more forceful expulsions
to ralph
vsto regorge
  • Slang
4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is the neutral word used in formal or general descriptions
to honk
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is the non-slang, literal description of the same action
to upchuck
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the neutral descriptive alternative without coarse tone
to vomit up
vsto regorge
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the neutral form used for the same physical result
to sick
vsto regorge
1 7.4

To throw up

is the more formal single-word description rather than conversational use
to spue
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

is limited to stomach content return without implying extra force
to disgorge
vsto regorge
8.7

To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick

is the plain description without elevated or forceful tone
to regurge
vsto regorge
  • Archaic
9.9

To bring food or liquid back into the mouth from the stomach without strong vomiting

is the neutral term that can include stronger, forceful returns
to puke guts out
vsto regorge
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is the same physical act but without emphasizing extreme violence

Antonyms

68 3.6

To eat or drink something so it goes into your body

How Forceful

vomit
  • NSFW
52 2.3
to regorge
9.9
to spit up
1 4.1

Surface Forms

regorge infinitive
regorged past
regorged past participle
regorging present participle
regorges third person singular

Morphology

regorge = gorge (opaque) = re + gorge

Although formed from 're-' + 'gorge', the sense 'to vomit/disgorge' is not a predictable meaning from 'gorge' ('to eat greedily') for an average learner.

Etymology

Regorge comes from the parts re- 'again' and gorge 'throat'. So, it is like 'bringing something back through the throat', which is why regorge means 'to vomit' or to bring food up to feed young birds.