vomit

[ vom-it ]

/ ˈvɒm ɪt /

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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.

Nearby words

volzhsky, vom, vomer, vomerine cartilage, vomica, vomit, vomit comet, vomiting of pregnancy, vomiting reflex, vomitive, vomito

Origin of vomit

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

Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for vomit

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
This they do also when a Tempest is coming; and after the Tempest, they Vomit them up.
Curious Creatures in Zoology|John Ashton
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
The final item in the account was for April 22, 1750, for “a Vomit.”
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia|C. Malcolm Watkins

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|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vomit

vomit

/ (ˈvɒmɪt) /

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 Forms

vomiter, noun

Word Origin for vomit

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

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Medicine definitions for vomit

vomit

[ vŏm′ĭt ]

v.

To eject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.

n.

The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.

Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

An emetic.

Science definitions for vomit

vomit

[ vŏm′ĭt ]

Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.