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vomit

vo·mit

UK/ˈvɒmɪt/ US/ˈvɑmɪt/ fairly common informal
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  • “After drinking too much, the students vomited”
  • “He purged continuously”
  • “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”
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noun

1.

the matter ejected in vomiting

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2.

a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

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Origin

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

Phrases

  • all retch and no vomit
  • black vomit
  • block vomit
  • dog vomit slime mold
  • dry vomit
  • I need to vomit
  • projectile vomit
  • sea vomit
  • unicorn vomit
  • vomit blood
  • vomit up
  • vomiting nut

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