Vomit

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: vŏm'it, IPA: /ˈvÉ’mɪt/
• Rhymes: -É’mɪt
• US enPR: vŏm'it, IPA: /ˈvÉ‘mɪt/

Origin

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

Full definition of vomit

Verb

1. To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.
• Bible, Jonah ii. 10The fish ... vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
2. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
• 2012, John Branch, Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel CreekAfter about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
• MiltonLike the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
• Charlotte Brontëa column of smoke, such as might be vomited by a park of artillery

Derived terms

• vomitable

Synonyms

Noun

1. The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
2. The act of regurgitating.
3. (obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
• ShakespeareHe gives your Hollander a vomit.

Synonyms

• See also .