as in hurls
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 vomits
Absinthe-eyed, she projectile-vomits blunt observations and also oysters onto the heavies, overimbibing her way into her own grave once she’s inevitably discarded with a shot and shove down a stairwell (a barely-there John Magaro plays one of the gangsters).
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s a scene in which Frank meets his own idol, an alt-world version of Fred Astaire (played by Gyllenhaal’s brother Jake, who is good at mugging and singing), and vomits his fandom at him until the actor recoils.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
There was also a moment where her character vomits all over Bradley's face while dragging him from the water.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
My cat vomits once every week or two.
—Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Be aware the virus may be aerosolized when someone vomits, meaning surfaces several feet away could be contaminated, the USDA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Contaminated Water Recreational or drinking water gets contaminated when septic tanks leak into wells, when an infected person vomits or defecates in the water, or when wastewater isn’t treated properly to decontaminate it.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s a scene in which Frank meets his own idol, an alt-world version of Fred Astaire (played by Gyllenhaal’s brother Jake, who is good at mugging and singing), and vomits his fandom at him until the actor recoils.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
There was also a moment where her character vomits all over Bradley's face while dragging him from the water.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
My cat vomits once every week or two.
—Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Be aware the virus may be aerosolized when someone vomits, meaning surfaces several feet away could be contaminated, the USDA said.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Contaminated Water Recreational or drinking water gets contaminated when septic tanks leak into wells, when an infected person vomits or defecates in the water, or when wastewater isn’t treated properly to decontaminate it.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Dec. 2025
Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
That horrible mistake reveals itself several scenes later when Katie projectile vomits into her windshield.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomits
Verb
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When a player fully lets go of their racket and hurls it to the floor, the frame can bounce up and go just about anywhere.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Nina sort of hurls the question of authenticity back to the foreign tastemakers hot on her heels.—
Lé Baltar,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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If the plane heaves up, the spoilers can press it back down.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Cover Exposed Roots Sometimes heavy ice and snow heaves newer plants out of the ground.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Vomits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomits. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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