vomit
verb /ˈvɒmɪt/
/ˈvɑːmɪt/
(also informal throw up)
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vomit | /ˈvɒmɪt/ /ˈvɑːmɪt/ |
| he / she / it vomits | /ˈvɒmɪts/ /ˈvɑːmɪts/ |
| past simple vomited | /ˈvɒmɪtɪd/ /ˈvɑːmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vomited | /ˈvɒmɪtɪd/ /ˈvɑːmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vomiting | /ˈvɒmɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvɑːmɪtɪŋ/ |
- to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth synonym be sick
- The smell made her want to vomit.
- vomit something up He had vomited up his supper.
- vomit something The injured man was vomiting blood.
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2- Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited.
- He vomited up all that he had eaten for lunch.
- The symptoms include headaches, nausea and vomiting.
- They gave her salty water to make her vomit.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- violently
- up
- want to
- make somebody
- nausea and vomiting
- vomiting and diarrhoea
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.