spit up

verb

Definition of spit upnext
as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up

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Recent Examples of spit up The pair hugged in the middle of the ring, with Paul spitting up blood. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 Dec. 2025 The sink gurgles like an infant, spitting up rusty water. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025 Gotta go see that Groff spit up close and personal. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2025 Krasheninnikova first began spilling lava and spitting up ash on the morning of August 3 2025, according to reports from the Kamchatkan Volcanic Eruption Response Team. — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spit up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit up
  1. vomit
  2. throw up
  3. hurl
Verb
  • When his parents brought him to an emergency room, his symptoms were vomiting, fatigue, lethargy, and weakness.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of vomit
Verb
  • One minute we were thrown up on a crest and could see the inferno of foaming water stretching away on all sides.
    — JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Our data search throws up an exciting alternative in Can Uzun.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of throw up
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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