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

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Origin of Vomit

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
Middle English vomiten from Latin vomitāre frequentative of vomere wemə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition