vomiting

[vom-it]

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verb (used without object)

to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.

to belch or spew with force or violence.

verb (used with object)

to 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.

to cause (a person) to vomit.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

noun

the act of vomiting.

the matter ejected in vomiting.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)

Related forms

vom·it·er, noun

vom·i·tive, adjective

vom·i·tous·ly, adverb

un·vom·it·ed, adjective

WordNet

vomiting
noun
the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: vomit]