English Explanatory Dictionary

vomit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
  2. To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
  3. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
noun
  1. The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
  2. The act of regurgitating.
  3. The act of vomiting.
  4. Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.
  5. That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Pronunciation

vŏm'it /ˈvɒmɪt/ /ˈvɑmɪt/ En-us-vomit.ogg

Word forms

vomit vomits vomiting vomited

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

barf be sick bring up chunder hurl lose one's lunch puke shoot the cat sick spew spew up throw up bait boke boot honk pavement pizza purging ralph sprog throwup throw-up upchuck yak liquid laugh multicolour yawn Technicolor yawn vomit vomitus

Related words

emetic heave retch emesis hurl launch lunch launch one's lunch lose one's lunch throw up regurgitate nauseated

Derived words

dry vomit word vomit I need to vomit projectile vomit vomitable vomit blood vomiting nut vomitoxin vomit up all retch and no vomit black vomit block vomit dog vomit slime mold sea vomit unicorn vomit vom vomit comet vomit fraud vomit green vomit nut vomitous
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