spit up
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barf, gag, heave, hurl, puke, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck, vomit
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The cover is safe to toss into the washing machine, a serious time-saver for those times when baby spits up. — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, "Chicco Keyfit Infant Car Seat and Base with Car Seat with Caddy, Lilla [Car Seat with Caddy]," 24 Sep. 2018 Babies are always spitting up and diaper leakage is common, which results in endless laundry for new mothers. — Naomi Williamson, Woman's Day, "10 Things Never to Buy a New Mom," 23 July 2014 Notice the spit up and dark circles under her eyes. — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "This Girl's Halloween Costume Nails What It Means to Be a Mom," 31 Oct. 2016 Was informed that our unit was going to be spit up. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018 The cruise was going off without a hitch until Berg's granddaughter, 4 months old, started spitting up. — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, "Family Kicked Off Disney Cruise for Unbelievable Reason," 9 Jan. 2015 Her suggestions were so amusing, even our babies spat up milk reading them. — Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, "12 Hilarious Tips For Moms-to-Be," 1 June 2012 The talks come after a bid to recombine the companies, which spit up more than 12 years ago, failed in 2016. — Nabila Ahmed, Bloomberg.com, "Shari Redstone in Push for Viacom Boss in a CBS Deal," 4 Apr. 2018 However, the boy would not eat and began to spit up blood and mucus the next morning. — Nereida Moreno, chicagotribune.com, "East Garfield Park man charged with beating 4-month-old son," 1 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spit up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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