vomit

verb

ˈvä-mət How to pronounce vomit (audio)
Definition of vomitnext
as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

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Recent Examples of vomit Holland started coughing before bending over and ended up vomiting. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 July 2026 And the consequences of a curious nibble can range from vomiting to emergency surgery to death. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 If symptoms escalate to vomiting, wobbling or bright red gums, get to a veterinarian as quickly as possible. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 And Sydney vomiting out the news of Carmy’s departure is definitely something. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vomit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
  1. hurl
  2. puke
  3. heave
  4. gag
  5. barf
  6. retch
Verb
  • Scientists are curious about the sun's inner workings to better track massive bursts of energy called coronal mass ejections that can hurl toward Earth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • After hurling six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Cardinals, Weathers expressed a willingness to pitch in relief.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurl
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  • Iverson sacrificed his pint-sized body daily; McNabb puked in a Super Bowl huddle.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • One of them puked on the sidewalk, and Gould took their spots.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 22 July 2026
Definition of puke
Verb
  • Rey lifted her hands from the floor and heaved the overstuffed pack closer, then tilted out the contents.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • Fun story here about why even top teams are beginning to prize heaves like this one.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of heave
Verb
  • The important thing to know is that these techniques should only be used if your pet is truly choking – not simply coughing or gagging – and your pet should still be seen by a veterinarian afterward, even if the object is removed.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of gag
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  • Then Holland got up to snap a photo with Bernthal and Evans and barfed on the floor.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • The young stars of these videos might be opening Amazon packages, sitting in a dentist’s chair, lip-synching to Morgan Wallen in an all-white kitchen beneath a giant box-pendant light fixture, or barfing.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of barf
Verb
  • The Captain’s Dinner scene in the 2022 film Triangle of Sadness, with its opera of vomit, is satire in a long-standing tradition, going back to the retching sequence on the boat in Céline’s Mort à crédit, and before that to Rabelais.
    — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Even the sound of the breaking chips made June retch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of retch

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