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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In clinical trials, Nereus helped up to 90 percent of people prone to motion sickness avoid vomiting while riding on a boat.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The predominant symptoms experienced by the ill passengers and crew members were vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Talk centered on nations increasingly building their own infrastructure, and protectionist trade policies throwing up barriers to collaborative development and rollout of new technologies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The hospital was preparing to discharge her when her oxygen level began to drop again, and that afternoon, Ellie started throwing up blood.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Spitting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spitting%20up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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