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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vom•it /ˈvɑmɪt/USA pronunciation v. - Medicine, Pathologyto throw up the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
regurgitate: [no object]feared he might vomit.[~ + object]to vomit one's dinner. - to throw out or eject with force or violence:[~ + object]The volcano vomited ash and rock.
n. [uncountable] - Medicine, Pathologythe undigested food thrown up when vomiting.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vom•it (vom′it),USA pronunciation v.i. - Medicine, Pathologyto eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
regurgitate;
throw up. - to belch or spew with force or violence.
v.t. - Medicine, Pathologyto eject from the stomach through the mouth;
spew. - to cast out or eject as if in vomiting;
send out forcefully or violently:The volcano vomited flames and molten rock. - Medicine, Pathologyto cause (a person) to vomit.
n. - Medicine, Pathologythe act of vomiting.
- Medicine, Pathologythe matter ejected in vomiting.
- Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)
- late Middle English vomiten 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vomit /ˈvɒmɪt/ vb ( -its, -iting, -ited)- to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus
- to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth
n - the matter ejected in vomiting
- the act of vomiting
- a drug or agent that induces vomiting; emetic
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomitˈvomiter n |