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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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
We’ve been making movies for a long time and we still haven’t come up with a decent vomit rig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I would smell water and I would vomit.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The virus spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood, vomit, diarrhea, and sperm.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
They tasted of that which you craved most, but also, if you ate more than one, made you vomit something black for days afterward.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
Jesse Armstrong introduces the character by stuffing him inside a Doderick suit, the Waystar answer to Disney's Goofy, and having small children overwhelm him to the point that he vomits out of the costume's eyes.
From Salon ● May 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
As they reach Frederick’s block, a woman in a dress, leaning against a building, bends over and vomits on the sidewalk.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
Along with other passengers, Harris complained of trouble breathing before he vomited into a plastic bag at his seat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Before she even left for home, Ted vomited and had diarrhea on the grass outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
There at the bend it was cut deep through a crag of old weathered stone once long ago vomited from the Mountain’s furnaces.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
For example, Denmark, which Kennedy has held up as a model, doesn’t pay for the rotavirus vaccine, “which prevents a virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and severe dehydration,” Offit says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Cyclosporiasis is a parasitic infection that can cause diarrhea, vomiting and intense abdominal pain that can last for weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Unexplained weight loss, persistent tiredness, weakness, reduced appetite, nausea, or vomiting may indicate an underlying medical problem and warrant a conversation with a health care provider.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I was hospitalised for chronic constipation several times. I wasn't able to eat, I was vomiting and in such severe pain but I kept being told it was a stomach bug."
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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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