vomit

Meanings

Plural: vomits

Noun

the matter ejected in vomiting
a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
The act of regurgitating.
The act of vomiting.
Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.
That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Verb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- "After drinking too much, the students vomited"
To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

bait, barf, be sick, boke, boot, bring up, cast, cat, chuck, chunder, disgorge, disgorgement, emesis, emetic, honk, hurl, liquid laugh, lose one's lunch, multicolour yawn, nauseant, pavement pizza, puke, puking, purge, purging, ralph, regorge, regurgitate, regurgitation, retch, shoot the cat, sick, spew, spew up, sprog, spue, Technicolor yawn, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, vomiting, vomitive, vomitus, yak

Antonyms

keep down

Scrabble Score: 10

vomit is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vomit is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vomit is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

vomit is a valid Words With Friends word