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.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
The pair hugged in the middle of the ring, with Paul spitting up blood.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
20 Dec. 2025
The sink gurgles like an infant, spitting up rusty water.
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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.
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Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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
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The pulses are designed to normalize the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting without side effects.
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Later that night, Beanz started vomiting.
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The 20-second clip concluded with Lacob turning away from Dunleavy and throwing up his arms in apparent exasperation.
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Apparently, the Knicks players throwing up bricks and turning the ball over had nothing to do with it.
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“Spitting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20up. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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