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.
—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
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.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Later that night, Beanz started vomiting.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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Meanwhile, a fight had broken out in the crowd and one of the guys that was involved just started throwing up a Sieg Heil.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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In another image, the high school graduate could be seen grinning and throwing up peace signs at the camera, looking just like his mom’s twin.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 June 2026
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“Spitting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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