Vomit Definition
vŏmĭt
vomited, vomiting, vomits
verb
vomited, vomiting, vomits
To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.
American Heritage Medicine
To throw up (food)
Webster's New World
To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush.
The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.
American Heritage Medicine
To be thrown up or out with force or violence; rush out.
Webster's New World
To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; throw up.
Webster's New World
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noun
vomits
The act or process of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
Webster's New World
Matter ejected in this way.
Webster's New World
An emetic.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World
The act of regurgitating.
Wiktionary
Origin of Vomit
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From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, present active infinitive of vomitō (“vomit repeatedly"), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit"), from Proto-Indo-European *wem- (“to spew, vomit"). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise"), Old English wemman (“to defile"). More at wem.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English vomiten from Latin vomitāre frequentative of vomere wemə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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