Definition

1. Noun:

   • The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth: The involuntary physical action of throwing up.
   • The matter ejected in vomiting: The substance that is expelled from the stomach during this act.
   • A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting: An emetic substance used to cause vomiting, often for medical reasons.

2. Verb:

   • To eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth: To throw up; to be sick.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The smell of the vomit was overwhelming.
  • Ipecac syrup is a well-known vomit.
• Verb:
  • The child began to vomit after eating the spoiled food.
  • He was so seasick he thought he would vomit.

Advanced Usage

• "to make someone vomit": To cause someone to be sick.
  • The sight of the accident was enough to make him vomit.
• "to vomit forth" (literary): To spew or eject something violently or in large quantities.
  • The volcano vomited forth lava and ash.

Variants and Related Words

• Vomiting (n): The act or process of ejecting stomach contents.
  • Prolonged vomiting can lead to dehydration.
• Vomitive (adj): Causing vomiting; emetic.
• Vomitus (n): A technical/medical term for vomited matter.

Synonyms

• Verb: Regurgitate, throw up, puke, barf, be sick, retch, spew, upchuck.
• Noun: Puke, sick, barf, emesis (medical term).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Vomit up: To eject something by vomiting.
  • He vomited up the entire meal.

Related Idioms

• "to vomit one's guts out" (informal): To vomit violently and repeatedly.
  • After the party, he spent the night vomiting his guts out.

Noun

1. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
2. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
3. the matter ejected in vomiting

Verb

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   • After drinking too much, the students vomited
   • He purged continuously
   • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night