vomit

vom·it  (vmt)

v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its

v.intr.

1. To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.

2. To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush: The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.

v.tr.

1. To eject (contents of the stomach) through the mouth.

2. To eject or discharge in a gush; spew out: The volcano vomited lava and ash.

n.

1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.

2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

3. An emetic.

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[Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitre, frequentative of vomere; see wem- in Indo-European roots.]

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vomit·er n.

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vomit [ˈvɒmɪt]

vb -its, -iting, -ited

1. (Medicine) to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus

2. to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth

n

1. the matter ejected in vomiting

2. (Medicine) the act of vomiting

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic

[from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit]

vomiter  n

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vomit  (vmt)

Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.

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vomit

• brash - A euphemism for vomit.
• retch, wretch - Retch is the verb to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person.
• spew - First meant "vomit."
• vomit - From Latin vomere.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vomit - the matter ejected in vomiting       barf, vomitus, puke body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
	2.	vomit - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting emetic, nauseant, vomitive ipecac - a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) dry mustard, powdered mustard - a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
	3.	vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting rumination - regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding haematemesis, hematemesis - vomiting blood hyperemesis - severe and excessive vomiting inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Verb	1.	vomit - 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" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit up, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" keep down - manage not to throw up

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vomit

verb

1. be sick, throw up (informal), spew, chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), heave (slang), puke (slang), retch, barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), belch forth, upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn, toss your cookies (U.S. slang) Any dairy product made him vomit.

2. (often with up) bring up, throw up, regurgitate, chuck (up) (slang, chiefly U.S.), emit (informal), eject, puke (slang), disgorge, sick up (informal), spew out or up She vomited up all she had just eaten.

Translations

vomit [ˈvɒmɪt]

A. N → vómito m

B. VI → devolver, vomitar

C. VT

1. (lit) (also vomit up) → vomitar

2. (fig) (= pour out) → arrojar, echar

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vomit [ˈvɒmɪt]

n → vomi m

vt → vomir

vi → vomir
to make sb vomit → faire vomir qn

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vomit

n → Erbrochene(s) nt; (= act) → Erbrechen nt

vt (lit, fig) → spucken, speien (geh); food → erbrechen

vi → sich erbrechen, sich übergeben

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vomit [ˈvɒmɪt]

1. n → vomito

2. vt & vi → vomitare

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vomit

v vomit [ˈvomit]

to throw out (the contents of the stomach or other matter) through the mouth; to be sick Whenever the ship started to move she felt like vomiting. opgooi, kots يَتَقَيَّأ، يَقْذِف повръщам zvracet kaste op (sich) erbrechen κάνω εμετό vomitar oksendama استفراغ کردن oksentaa vomir לְהָקִיא कैकर povraćati (ki)hány muntah kasta upp, æla vomitare 吐く 음식을 토하다 vemti vemt memuntahkan braken kaste opp, spy wymiotować vomitar a vomita тошнить zvracať, dáviť bruhati povratiti kräkas, spy อาเจียน kusmak 嘔吐 ригати, рвати قے کرنا، الٹي کرنا nôn, mửa 呕吐

n

food etc ejected from the stomach. kots, opgooisel تَقَيُّؤ، إسْتِفْراغ повръщано zvratek bræk das Erbrochene εμετός vómito okse استفراغ oksennus vomi(ssure) קִיא वमन ispovraćani sadržaj, bljuvotina hányás muntahan uppköst, æla vomito おう吐物 구토물 vėmalai vēmekļi; vēmiens muntah braaksel oppkast, spy wymioty vómito vomă рвота zvratky izbljuvek povraćka spyor การอาเจียน kusmuk 嘔吐 блювота قے، الٹي sự nôn, mửa 呕吐

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vomit → يَتقيأ zvracet kaste op übergeben (sich) κάνω εμετό vomitar oksentaa vomir povraćati vomitare 吐く 토하다 overgeven spy zwymiotować vomitar рвать spy สิ่งที่อาเจียนออกมา kusmak nôn 呕吐