vomit

[ vom-it ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.

  2. to belch or spew with force or violence.

verb (used with object)
  1. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.

  2. to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.

  1. to cause (a person) to vomit.

noun
  1. the act of vomiting.

  2. the matter ejected in vomiting.

Origin of vomit

1
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten<Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)

Other words from vomit

  • vom·it·er, noun
  • vom·i·tive, adjective
  • vom·i·tous·ly, adverb
  • un·vom·it·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for vomit

vomit

/ (ˈvɒmɪt) /


verb-its, -iting or -ited
  1. to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus

  2. to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth

noun
  1. the matter ejected in vomiting

  2. the act of vomiting

  1. a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic

Origin of vomit

1
C14: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit

Derived forms of vomit

  • vomiter, noun

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Scientific definitions for vomit

vomit

[ vŏmĭt ]


  1. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.

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