vomit
Americanverb (used without object)
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vomits,
present (3rd person singular)
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vomited,
past participle, past
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vomiting
present participle
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to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
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to belch or spew with force or violence.
verb (used with object)
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vomits,
present (3rd person singular)
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vomited,
past participle, past
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vomiting
present participle
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to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
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to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently.
The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
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to cause (a person) to vomit.
noun
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vomits
plural
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the act of vomiting.
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the matter ejected in vomiting.
verb
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to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus
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to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth
noun
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the matter ejected in vomiting
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the act of vomiting
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a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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vomitsimple
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vomitssimple
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have vomitedperfect
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has vomitedperfect
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am vomitingprogressive
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are vomitingprogressive
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is vomitingprogressive
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have been vomitingperfect progressive
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has been vomitingperfect progressive
Past
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vomitedsimple
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had vomitedperfect
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was vomitingprogressive
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were vomitingprogressive
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had been vomitingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of vomit
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn ( see emetic)
Example Sentences
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This organism, also nicknamed "sea vomit", is particularly harmful to coastal wildlife and economies.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I hadn't really prepared anything, as may be apparent from the vomit of a speech I came up with," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
So I texted Jim, “Coffee sounds good,” pushed send and immediately wanted to vomit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
We’ve been making movies for a long time and we still haven’t come up with a decent vomit rig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I hold my breath and try not to vomit while I wait for Hiroshi to look back at me.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Alabama prison officials said this week that they do not plan to allow him to have any food after 10 a.m. on Thursday in an effort to lower the likelihood that he vomits.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Ultimately, actor and director studied a notorious scene in Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 documentary “The Act of Killing,” in which an Indonesian mass murderer vomits almost in mutiny with his own mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
It eats its own feathers with such gusto that it regularly vomits them back up.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
Rian Johnson’s 2019 mystery “Knives Out” features an unlikely but convenient fact: The protagonist vomits whenever she lies.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
When he stands on the platform, he leans and vomits over the side.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
At one point, Djokovic turned to the corner of the court and vomited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A baby boy in Kentucky vomited before becoming lethargic.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
The influencer, who lives in Lewes, said symptoms began when she started to have chest pains and vomited.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
In one of the trials, 18% of patients on a high dose of Nereus vomited, compared to 44% who received a placebo.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Over and over she vomited, her body shuddering and heaving.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
She continued to have severe symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea after drinking water in the office during 2018, prompting her parents to fly to the United States to take care of her, she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She would wake up in the night vomiting, and on some days Charlotte found she could not stand or get out of bed.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Munro said headaches were a symptom of migraine attacks, but so too are "visual disturbances, nausea and vomiting, sometimes numbness and tingling, sometimes abdominal pain, sometimes dizziness".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Researchers also recorded nausea, vomiting, sedation levels, and how long patients remained in the hospital.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
In December, three months into Executive Pre-Professional, I had stress vomiting for the first time.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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