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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The actor asked his wife to pull the car over to vomit and said he did not need to go to the hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
In the 1940s, this process left a putrid scum so foul in Maine’s Androscoggin River that residents of Lewiston would vomit, and enterprising children would sell clothespins for clamping over noses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
She lost the ability to speak, began to vomit violently and became disoriented, as her dad Scott called for an ambulance to take her to hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The 24-time Grand Slam champion was overcome by emotion in the deciding set of a dramatic match where he struggled physically throughout and had to vomit into a towel bin.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Ach, by the Immortal! This is why I dislike children. They’re heralds of vomit and ask stupid questions!”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
Griffin says that sometimes during a panic attack she vomits, and that previously she's gone to the emergency room to get IV fluids.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2023
He added: "'If you had been given 40ml of milk then it would not explain how she had two large projectile vomits and still 30ml of milk left in her stomach".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023
“I’m going to... be sick. I’m—” I grab the garbage can, watch as Miss Celia vomits over it.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
He vomited and cramped during his four hours and 36 minutes on court, saying it felt as if his "whole body starts to collapse".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
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 the other trial, 10% of patients on the high dose and 38% on the placebo vomited.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
But Fernanda felt so moved that she thought she would go mad when Meme awoke at midnight with her head splitting with pain and drowning in vomited gall.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Morgan Renfro poured a week and $1,000 into erecting a giant vomiting skeleton outside her house near Columbus, Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
He’s malleable and clueless about a lot of things, including whether it’s appropriate to interpret a female colleague’s nervous vomiting as an indicator that she’s pregnant.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Anyone with fever, unusual tiredness, muscle or joint pains, vomiting, diarrhoea or unexplained bleeding should seek care promptly at the nearest health facility," Kenya's health ministry said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
She continued to have severe symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after drinking water in the office during 2018, prompting her parents to fly to the United States to take care of her, she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She had a sudden, desperate desire to get up and check on him, but there was nothing she could do, because she felt like she was on the verge of vomiting again.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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