vomit

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
2. (transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
3. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
2. (uncountable, usually) The act of regurgitating.
3. (uncountable, usually) The act of vomiting.
4. (informal, uncountable, usually) Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.
5. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Synonyms

throw up

puke

spew

barf

disgorge

regurgitate

sick

🤢

retch

spit out

be sick

spit

spue

vomiting

eject

vomitus

upchuck

belch

regorge

emesis

vomit up

cat

😺

spew out

gag

emetic

chuck

nauseant

retching

cast

heave

eject from the mouth

vomitive

chunder

spit up

purge

puking

disgorgement

reject

hurl

honk

discard

bring up

regurgitation

yak

eruption

erupt

disallow

eruct

decline

blowout

dump

Translations

vomir

vomitar

vomitare

vomitar

erbrechen

kotzen

braken

sich übergeben

vómito

vomito

overgeven

kotsen

vomissement

🤢

sich erbrechen

vomitar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɒmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vomiten

Cognate with Old Norse: váma

Cognate with Old English: wemman

In summary

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.