vomit
Americanverb (used without object)
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vomits,
present (3rd person singular)
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vomited,
past participle, past
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vomiting
present participle
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to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
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to belch or spew with force or violence.
verb (used with object)
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vomits,
present (3rd person singular)
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vomited,
past participle, past
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vomiting
present participle
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to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
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to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently.
The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
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to cause (a person) to vomit.
noun
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vomits
plural
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the act of vomiting.
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the matter ejected in vomiting.
verb
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to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus
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to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth
noun
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the matter ejected in vomiting
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the act of vomiting
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a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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vomitsimple
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vomitssimple
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have vomitedperfect
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has vomitedperfect
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am vomitingprogressive
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are vomitingprogressive
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is vomitingprogressive
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have been vomitingperfect progressive
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has been vomitingperfect progressive
Past
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vomitedsimple
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had vomitedperfect
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was vomitingprogressive
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were vomitingprogressive
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had been vomitingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of vomit
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn ( see emetic)
Example Sentences
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"I hadn't really prepared anything, as may be apparent from the vomit of a speech I came up with," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Contact with infected bodily fluids such as blood or vomit causes the virus to spread.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
We’ve been making movies for a long time and we still haven’t come up with a decent vomit rig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Villarreal: The episode you directed in Season 2, you had the interesting job of dealing with vomit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
She felt an urge to vomit and run back to her rooms.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
"It's like the 80s sort of vomits on Valerie," is how McGrillis describes her look.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Soon after that, Margo projectile vomits during a waitressing shift and claims not to know why.
From Salon ● May 4, 2026
Alabama prison officials said this week that they do not plan to allow him to have any food after 10 a.m. on Thursday in an effort to lower the likelihood that he vomits.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
There’s the leading lady who projectile vomits a tuna sandwich on location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Or when someone vomits, the smell makes you want to hurl?
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
At one point, Djokovic turned to the corner of the court and vomited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A baby boy in Kentucky vomited before becoming lethargic.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
In one of the trials, 18% of patients on a high dose of Nereus vomited, compared to 44% who received a placebo.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Injury has been a problem all tournament for Djokovic and he vomited during his previous matches after struggling with the heat and humidity.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
And then, as if to prove her point, she vomited.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Some victims suffer headaches, nausea, fever, diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal cramps so sharp that a friend calls them “knives in the stomach.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“She started vomiting and became dizzy,” the local activist wrote of Lopez in the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Researchers also recorded nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and how long patients remained in the hospital.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
It caught the eye of Corxel Pharmaceuticals, the biotech firm that licensed VCT220, partly because the drug causes fewer side effects like nausea and vomiting than other GLP-1s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Already by morning a few of the recruits are green and vomiting.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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