vomit

verb

ˈvä-mət How to pronounce vomit (audio)
Definition of vomitnext
as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

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Recent Examples of vomit When the friend got sick and vomited, driver Vu Tran pulled over on the side of Route 73 in Orange County and all three got out of the car before Normandin-Parker was hit by traffic. — Hannah Fingerhut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Alcohol use, cigarette smoking, surgery or radiation to the chest, vomiting, lying down after eating a large meal, and obesity can increase the risk of developing esophagitis, MedlinePlus states. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 At one point the Spaniard could be seen vomiting into a towel. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026 On a muggy Saturday afternoon in mid-August, tennis player Novak Djokovic appeared to vomit into a towel and called for a doctor to check his blood pressure before unexpectedly losing a second-round match in Cincinnati. — Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vomit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
  1. hurl
  2. puke
  3. heave
  4. gag
  5. barf
  6. retch
Verb
  • Several Palestinians suspected of hurling rocks were apprehended for questioning, the military said in a statement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Solitary confinement is frequently used as a punishment, and officers hurl verbal abuse and threats of physical abuse at detainees, attorneys wrote.
    — Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurl
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Tampa Bay right-hander Jonathan Heasley puked on the mound in his lone appearance of the 2026 campaign.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And after you're done looking, try not to run to your toilet and puke.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of puke
Verb
  • The game was sealed with an interception from freshman safety Jayden Jack, as Mater Dei freshman quarterback Paytyn Guess heaved the ball to the end zone with the Monarchs out of timeouts and out of options.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers played in their franchise-record ninth consecutive one-score game, but Minnesota (3-0) held on, 23-16, after batting down a desperate Hail Mary heave as time expired.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of heave
Verb
  • Harry is essentially gagging to hit back at Charles with some kind of ‘revenge’ statement.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Buffet chains tend to elicit eye rolls (if not gagging sounds) from foodies.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of gag
Verb
  • Then Holland got up to snap a photo with Bernthal and Evans and barfed on the floor.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • The young stars of these videos might be opening Amazon packages, sitting in a dentist’s chair, lip-synching to Morgan Wallen in an all-white kitchen beneath a giant box-pendant light fixture, or barfing.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of barf
Verb
  • The Captain’s Dinner scene in the 2022 film Triangle of Sadness, with its opera of vomit, is satire in a long-standing tradition, going back to the retching sequence on the boat in Céline’s Mort à crédit, and before that to Rabelais.
    — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Even the sound of the breaking chips made June retch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of retch

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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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