Definition of vomit
vomiter
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Recent Examples of vomit from the Web
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Also known as the winter vomiting bug, norovirus is the most common cause of the stomach flu.
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Marijuana products also appear to be effective at calming muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis and easing nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy, the report stated.
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The children had abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal symptoms, along with gut inflammation visible under a microscope.
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Early signs of bacterial meningitis can include nausea, vomiting, fever or a stiff neck.
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But shortly after the outing, Frankie started vomiting and had diarrhea, his family told Houston's ABC affiliate KTRK.
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Langlais told the detective her son vomited that night and the next morning and could not stand on his own.
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According to the suit, Rosmery Diaz of Miami began vomiting blood and feeling extreme pain shortly after the first surgery.
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The ask to the Hollywood producer follows a media report that a monkey on the set of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' repeatedly vomited.
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First Known Use of vomit
15th century
vomit
Definition of vomit
1 : an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach through the mouth; also : the disgorged matter
2 : emetic
Examples of vomit in a Sentence
The dog vomited on the floor.
The patient was vomiting blood.
Recent Examples of vomit from the Web
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Intoxicated, Reese Park: An officer found a man sitting in the driver's seat of a car July 1 at 1:20 a.m. The officer noted the man had thrown up on himself and there was the strong odor of vomit and alcohol coming from within the 2009 Toyota.
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This month alone, a Muslim woman wearing a head scarf told police in Lancashire her car was struck by a bag of vomit.
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In the U.K., on June 14, two Muslim women in hijab had a bag of vomit thrown at their car in Blackburn.
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But people who’ve overindulged often vomit excessively and report feeling like their life is in danger.
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Tyree's injuries included lacerations to the liver and spleen, which was nearly severed in two, when he was found in his cell naked and covered in vomit and feces.
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Alone for the first time in nine months, these babies cry, shake, vomit, lose weight and seize — all results of a hyperactive central nervous system, put into overdrive by a mother's addiction.
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A touch of realism was added thanks to the help of makeup artists with fake blood, urine and vomit, as well as prosthesis and special effects makeup to create injuries and wounds based on descriptions provided by medical doctors.
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Strange currently holds Sessions’ U.S. Senate seat after being appointed as Sessions’ temporary replacement by Alabama’s governor, who was recently ousted because of a vomit-inducing phone-sex scandal.
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Origin and Etymology of vomit
Middle English, from Anglo-French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomere to vomit; akin to Old Norse vāma seasickness, Greek emein to vomit
VOMIT Defined for English Language Learners
vomit
playDefinition of vomit for English Language Learners
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: the food, liquid, etc., that comes out of your body through your mouth when you vomit
vomit
Definition of vomit for English Language Learners
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: to have the food, liquid, etc., that is in your stomach come out through your mouth because you are sick
VOMIT Defined for Kids
Definition of vomit for Students
: material from the stomach brought up suddenly through the mouth
Definition of vomit for Students
vomited
;vomiting
: to bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Medical Dictionary
vomit
Medical Definition of vomit
: to disgorge the stomach contents
transitive verb
: to disgorge (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth
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