vomit
[vom-it]
- to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
- to belch or spew with force or violence.
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- 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.
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- the act of vomiting.
- the matter ejected in vomiting.
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Origin of vomit
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)
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Historical Examples
This they do also when a Tempest is coming; and after the Tempest, they Vomit them up.
Curious Creatures in ZoologyJohn Ashton
The final item in the account was for April 22, 1750, for “a Vomit.”
The Cultural History of Marlborough, VirginiaC. Malcolm Watkins
On the 29th she went into the warm Bath, and took a Vomit immediately on coming out.
It intoxicates the Brain, and makes one giddy, without any other operation either by Stool or Vomit.
Vomit—a settled word, and one of the foremost, of the reversed, unnatural vital function.
vomit
- 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
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- the matter ejected in vomiting
- the act of vomiting
- a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit
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Word Origin and History for vomit
n.
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.
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v.
early 15c.; see vomit (n.). Related: Vomited; vomiting.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
vomit
(vŏm′ĭt)- To eject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.
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- The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.
- Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
- An emetic.
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vomit
[vŏm′ĭt]
- Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.
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