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
Odum’s son began experiencing stomach pain, diarrhea and vomiting immediately after eating food from Tasty’s in October 2020, according to the lawsuit.
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Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
Those who are vomiting and unable to keep fluids down may need to take anti-nausea medications.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
One house was burned out and a police officer vomited after leaving another in a different part of the town that rioters had attempted to set alight, the witness added.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
As explained by Hill's Pet Nutrition, spicy food can be toxic for dogs and can lead to excessive thirst or even vomiting.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
Those who are vomiting and unable to keep fluids down may need to take anti-nausea medications.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
One house was burned out and a police officer vomited after leaving another in a different part of the town that rioters had attempted to set alight, the witness added.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
As explained by Hill's Pet Nutrition, spicy food can be toxic for dogs and can lead to excessive thirst or even vomiting.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
Verb
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Sadly, Murphy believes, scrutiny hurled at the show’s Carolyn is eerily similar in to how the media and public treated Bessette-Kennedy.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
19 June 2025
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There were also reports of demonstrators hurling objects at police.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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Dina investigates the nearby trees and returns to puke her guts out.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Either way, former Ole Miss coach Maurice Harris remembered how the 200-pound kid who showed up to that Rebels summer camp back in 2012 could barely make it through a drill without puking his guts out.—
Luca Evans,
The Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2025
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When videos of Serwa heaving a knuckler at 88.5 mph hit the internet this winter, the baseball world noticed.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The green folds of cliffs chanted our imagined names, caught winds heaving an ocean of clouds that piled like seawrack muffling the mill’s whistle, windrows of rain gathered upon the mountain’s emerald stacks, the black crown of the day’s celebration.—
Garrett Hongo,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Verb
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Warne's son, recovering from a respiratory illness, began gagging shortly after eating.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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There’s drama that stems from a natural place, and people are going to be gagged, gooped, and gathered.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
Verb
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Rudd can do it all: make a beard out of tape, help someone distract Kang, and barf.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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The rare condition is called Boerhaave syndrome, defined as a life-threatening, spontaneous rupture of the esophagus typically caused by severe vomiting or retching.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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By giving each sister the opportunity to retch up years of resentments and jealousies and take up the frame while doing it, Sirens emphasizes how definitive their baggage is, and how festering their wounds, beneath those conventionally beautiful faces.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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