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to vomit

to vomit

148 1.0
To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth
  • verb
  • /ˈvɑːmɪt/
translation icon : vomitar
  • But I went home because I'm not one to vomit in general.
  • patients vomited
  • dog vomits

And I walked to the bathroom, vomited all of it.

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Examples

  • And I walked to the bathroom, vomited all of it.

  • The motion sickness made him vomit repeatedly during the car ride.

  • Did the dog vomit? - Yeah.

  • For a moment, he thought he might vomit, and he had to struggle for control.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Please vomit in proper receptacles!

  • Have you ever vomited or taken laxatives to lose weight or to keep from gaining weight?

    Academic text (2012)
  • As the girl watched, he slumped to his knees and vomited into a ditch.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • After eating the spoiled food, I felt sick and had to vomit in the bathroom.

  • She drank too much at the party and ended up vomiting on the porch.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto vomit
  • Informal
296 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is the single formal verb form rather than this everyday phrasing
to puke
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
186 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the neutral clinical term rather than this coarse informal expression
to be sick
vsto vomit
109 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is the neutral single word medical verb rather than this colloquial phrase
to barf
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
38 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is the neutral or medical word rather than an informal slang term
to cast
vsto vomit
  • Archaic
9 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the present common verb form rather than this archaic usage
to spew
vsto vomit
  • Informal
9 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the same action but with somewhat less intensity
to puke up
vsto vomit
  • Informal
8 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

is the broader term for forced emptying beyond only recent meals
to puke my guts out
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is the general verb and does not stress repeated violent episodes
to chuck
vsto vomit
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the standard neutral verb rather than this colloquial form
to blow chunks
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the neutral term rather than this noisy, forceful image
to regurgitate
vsto vomit
5 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

is focused on forced expulsion rather than this broader biological action
to ralph
vsto vomit
  • Slang
4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is the neutral standard term and not a slang label
to honk
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is the neutral everyday verb rather than this casual slang usage
to upchuck
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the clinical neutral verb rather than this colorful slang phrase
to vomit up
vsto vomit
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the single word neutral form rather than a two word phrasal form
to sick
vsto vomit
1 7.4

To throw up

is the neutral medical verb rather than this short informal label
to spue
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

is about forceful expulsion and not limited to other mouth matter
to puke guts out
vsto vomit
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is more general and less extreme in repeated violent force
to disgorge
vsto vomit
8.7

To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick

is the common neutral term rather than a formal or literary word
to regorge
vsto vomit
9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is the neutral medical verb rather than this less common variant
to launch one's lunch
vsto vomit
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up food you just ate

is the neutral descriptive term rather than this playful colloquial phrase
to regurge
vsto vomit
  • Archaic
9.9

To bring food or liquid back into the mouth from the stomach without strong vomiting

is the forceful return of stomach contents rather than this mild action

Antonyms

68 3.6

To eat or drink something so it goes into your body

10 5.9

To stop yourself from throwing up food or drink

Idioms

9.9

A lot of loud complaining but no real action

Phrasal Verbs

to vomit up
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

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 Severe

to vomit
148 1.0
to retch
9 7.2

Surface Forms

vomit infinitive
vomited past
vomited past participle
vomiting present participle
vomits third person singular

Etymology

The verb vomit comes from Latin vomere, 'to spew' or 'throw up', so to vomit is to force the contents of the stomach up and out of the mouth.