projectile vomiting

[ prə-jĕk′təl, -tīl′ ]

Save This Word!

Expulsion of the contents of the stomach with great force.

QUIZZES

Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

Question 1 of 8

Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

And this week Ducati has closed the gap even further, with an outlandish projectile dubbed the “Panigale.”
Ducati’s Panigale and History’s Most Innovative Motorcycles|Chris Hunter|November 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He was allegedly struck by a police projectile and is now in serious but stable condition.
U.K. May Boot 'Occupy' Protesters|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Out of it in a sharp right turn shot a projectile, tiny and glistening against the velvet black.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
Vomiting is rare, is never serious and ceases spontaneously when the stomach is empty of the drug.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw

Vomiting flames and sparks, it trailed a cloud in the air and snow upon the water.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young
Then he picked up another and followed through with a second projectile.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
I went at once to the cylinder we used for discharging things from the projectile.
Pharaoh's Broker|Ellsworth Douglass