Thesaurus results for SPITTING UP

spitting up

verb

Definition of spitting up next

present participle of spit up

as in vomiting

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 spitting up The girl was found on the floor mumbling and spitting up blood, according to the warrant affidavit. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spitting up

Verb

Worrisome symptoms that warrant a call to a doctor include dizziness, ongoing diarrhea with a fever over 102 degrees and an inability to keep liquids down without vomiting.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Research shows that 81 percent of mountaineers experience nausea and/or vomiting as a result.

— Brad Stulberg, Outside, 26 Mar. 2026