reswallowv.
/ˌriːˈswɒləʊ/, U.S. /riˈswɑloʊ/ transitive. To swallow (something) again. Also intransitive.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > swallow
swallowc1000
overswallowa1400
engluta1492
slup1598
deglute1599
to take down1603
glut-glut1650
quilta1658
to get down1662
regurgitate1670
reswallow1792
to take on board1813
glutch1825
down1852
deglutate1867
1792 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis (rev. ed.) iii. 238 Zenobio re-swallows that filth he'd rejected!
1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 379 It is not—this bitter dose—..brought up again and re-swallowed.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. iii. 211 If now that shape the ancient Night hath not at once Re-swallowed.
1919 Condor 21 56 Reswallowing these squirming tidbits, she would assume her previous attitude.
1961 Wilson Bull. 73 30 The male reswallowed and regurgitated this pair of legs eight times.
2002 W. Adler Cult vii. 72 A chunk of hamburger caught in his throat and he had to cough it up and reswallow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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