regurgitate

1. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.Examples: "[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew."Synonyms: vomit, throw up, cast, disgorge, retch, puke, barf, spewtransitive

2. (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.Examples: "The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food."transitive

3. (transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.Examples: "The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read[…]"derogatoryfigurativelysometimestransitive

4. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.Examples: "Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth."intransitive