VOMITING

vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

vomiting

present participle of vomit

Noun

vomiting (countable and uncountable, plural vomitings)

The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.

Synonyms

• purging, throwing up; see also vomit

Anagrams

• motiving

Source: Wiktionary


Vom"it*ing, n.

Definition: The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.

VOMIT

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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