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vomit.

To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvɒmɪt/UK/ˈvɑmɪt/US
  1. To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

    intransitive
  2. To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

    transitive
  3. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

    She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

noun/ˈvɒmɪt/UK/ˈvɑmɪt/US
  1. The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

    uncountable · usually
  2. The act of regurgitating.

    uncountable · usually
  3. The act of vomiting.

    uncountable · usually
  4. Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.

    informal · uncountable · usually
  5. That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

    countable · obsolete · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

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