VOMIT

vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

(noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant

(noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

vomit, vomitus, puke, barf

(noun) the matter ejected in vomiting

vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

vomit (third-person singular simple present vomits, present participle vomiting, simple past and past participle vomited)

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

(transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Synonyms

• barf

• chunder

• hurl

• puke

• sick

• throw up

• See also regurgitate

Noun

vomit (usually uncountable, plural vomits)

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

The act of regurgitating.

(obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Synonyms

• See also vomit.

Source: Wiktionary


Vom"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] Etym: [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.]

Definition: To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

Vom"it, v. t.

1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out. The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10.

2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Milton.

Vom"it, n. Etym: [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]

1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Sandys.

2. (Med.)

Definition: That which excites vomiting; an emetic. He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak. Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.

– Vomit nut, nux vomica.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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