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vomit

43 2.4
The food and liquid that come up from your stomach
  • noun
  • /ˈvɑːmɪt/
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translation icon : vómito
  • The dog got sick and left a pool of vomit on the kitchen floor.
  • eat vomit

But you know, tequila vomit can come in all different kinds of colours.

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Examples

  • In the living room, your father lies in a pool of his own vomit on your mother's rug.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Popcorn bucket with vomit inside.

  • Yeah, did you clean up the vomit?

  • While she cleans up her vomit, I sit down at the table and start eating.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • For all the tables are full of vomit and filthiness.

  • A smell of ganja and vomit seemed to follow him up from the cabin.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • His mouth tastes foul from vomit, and he feels lightheaded and terribly thirsty.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Temple unconsciously recoiled from the strong smell of whiskey and vomit on her breath.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • After the party, I had to clean up the vomit from the living room carpet.

  • He couldn't help but retch as he watched the vomit splash onto the tiles.

Synonyms

puke
vsvomit
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39 7.6

The food and drink you bring up when you are sick

is the neutral non-slang description of that material
barf
vsvomit
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25 8.0

Food or liquid that comes out of the stomach through the mouth when you vomit

is the neutral term used without blunt informal tone
vomitus
vsvomit
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1 9.9

Material from the stomach that comes out of the mouth when someone throws up

is the neutral common description of that material rather than technical
vomity
vsvomit
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1 9.9

The liquid or food that someone has thrown up

refers only to the matter, not the action of expelling it
ejecta
vsvomit
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9.9

Material that comes out of the body like vomit or spit

is narrower, meaning specifically the stomach matter expelled through the mouth

Idioms

9.9

A lot of loud complaining but no real action

Compounds

1 9.8

A dark vomit that comes from bleeding inside the body, often from severe disease like yellow fever

binge-vomit syndrome
  • Specialized
9.9

A pattern of eating where a person repeatedly eats a large amount then makes themselves vomit

9.1

A very bright design with many playful colors on things like clothes or cakes

A bright mix of clashing pastel and neon colors

vomit green
  • Slang
8.8

A very bright, ugly green like the color when someone is sick

How Disgusting

puke
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39 7.6
barf
  • NSFW
25 8.0
vomit
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43 2.4

Surface Forms

vomit singular
vomits plural

Etymology

Vomit for the material that is expelled also comes from Latin vomere, meaning 'to spew'. That's why the noun vomit names the stuff the stomach has 'spewed' out.