Definitions for vomit
ˈvɒm ɪtvom·it

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vomit, vomitus, puke, barf(noun)

   the matter ejected in vomiting

2. emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant(noun)

   a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

3. vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking(verb)

   the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

4. vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up(verb)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vomit(Noun)

   The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.

2. vomit(Noun)

   The act of regurgitating.

3. vomit(Verb)

   To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.

Origin: From vomiten, from vomitare, present active infinitive of vomito, frequentative form of vomo, from wem-. Cognate with váma, wemman. More at wem.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vomit(noun)

   to eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew

2. Vomit(verb)

   to throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out

3. Vomit(verb)

   hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc

4. Vomit(noun)

   matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth

5. Vomit(noun)

   that which excites vomiting; an emetic

Origin: [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. , Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Vomit

   vom′it, v.i. to throw up the contents of the stomach by the mouth, to spew.—v.t. to throw out with violence.—n. matter ejected from the stomach: something that excites vomiting.—adj. Vom′ic, purulent.—n. Vom′ica, a cavity in the lung containing pus; Vom′iting, act of one who vomits: matter vomited.—adjs. Vom′itive, Vom′itory, causing to vomit.—n. a vomit or emetic.—ns. Vom′ito, the worst form of yellow fever, usually attended with the black vomit; Vom′itory, a door of a large building by which the crowd is let out; Vomituri′tion, violent retching. [L. vomĕre, -ĭtum, to throw up; Gr. emein.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vomit in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vomit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vomit in a Sentence

1. Roger Stone:

   Choke in your own vomit.

2. Seifar Aponza:

   He was really bad at traveling, when we would go to inter-municipal games he would almost always vomit.

3. Esther Zulu:

   When sulfur comes out ... you vomit and you have diarrhea, we just want a big bus to go to the president.

4. James Vivenzio:

   Urine, vomit, and kind of anything they could find. Just smelling it would make you throw up. It was pretty bad.

5. Benjamin Chapman:

   Every time you have a vomit event, you're looking at billions of( virus) particles, and it takes only a few to make you sick.

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