vomit

[vom-it]

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verb (used without object)

to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.

to belch or spew with force or violence.

verb (used with object)

to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.

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

to cause (a person) to vomit.

noun

the act of vomiting.

the matter ejected in vomiting.

Origin of vomit

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

Related formsvom·it·er, nounvom·i·tive, adjectivevom·i·tous·ly, adverbun·vom·it·ed, adjective

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Related Words for vomit

gag, regurgitate, heave, eject, expel, spew, puke, hurl, ruminate, emit, retch, upchuck

Examples from the Web for vomit

Historical Examples of vomit

This they do also when a Tempest is coming; and after the Tempest, they Vomit them up.
Curious Creatures in Zoology
John Ashton
The final item in the account was for April 22, 1750, for “a Vomit.”
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
C. Malcolm Watkins
On the 29th she went into the warm Bath, and took a Vomit immediately on coming out.
An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany
Donald Monro
It intoxicates the Brain, and makes one giddy, without any other operation either by Stool or Vomit.
An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies
Robert Knox
Vomit—a settled word, and one of the foremost, of the reversed, unnatural vital function.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849
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British Dictionary definitions for vomit

vomit

verb -its, -iting or -ited

to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus

to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth

noun

the matter ejected in vomiting

the act of vomiting

a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic

Derived Formsvomiter, noun

Word Origin for vomit

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

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Word Origin and History for vomit

late 14c., "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from Latin vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "spew forth, discharge," from PIE root *wem- "to spit, vomit" (cf. Greek emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Sanskrit vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;" Lithuanian vemiu "to vomit," Old Norse væma "seasickness"). In reference to the matter so ejected, it is attested from late 14c.