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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"I hadn't really prepared anything, as may be apparent from the vomit of a speech I came up with," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
My roundhouse kicks were decent, but I couldn’t do a somersault without wanting to vomit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
However, despite claiming the first set, Djokovic toiled badly after winning an 18-minute third game in the second set and appeared to vomit twice.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Croteau looked around to see people holding their pale faces in their hands, fighting the urge to vomit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Her body shook as though she had a fever, and she leaned over the side to vomit what little she had in her stomach.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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
Ultimately, actor and director studied a notorious scene in Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 documentary “The Act of Killing,” in which an Indonesian mass murderer vomits almost in mutiny with his own mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
It eats its own feathers with such gusto that it regularly vomits them back up.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
Rian Johnson’s 2019 mystery “Knives Out” features an unlikely but convenient fact: The protagonist vomits whenever she lies.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 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 one of the trials, 18% of patients on a high dose of Nereus vomited, compared to 44% who received a placebo.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
His face was ashen, his pulse was faint, and he had vomited and then fainted.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Five pupils, including the four who later died, started vomiting.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Early symptoms include vomiting and diarrhoea but it can progress to organ failure and internal bleeding.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Realistic vomiting noises are a specialty of Melody Muzljakovich, a Dallas voice actor who plays the heroine Feyre under the stage name Melody Muze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
I’m trembling and sweaty when I finish vomiting, but at least most of the stuff is out of my system.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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