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vomit

UK /ˈvɒmɪt/US /ˈvɑmɪt/

noun 5
verb 3
forms 7
phrases 2

noun5

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The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
- For all tables are full of vomite and filthinesse, so that there is no place cleane. — 1611
The act of regurgitating.
•
The act of vomiting.
- He removes his hat without misgiving, he unbuttons his coat and sits down, proffered all pure and open to the long joys of being himself, like a basin to a vomit. — 1953
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(informal, disapproving) Anything that is worthless; rubbish; trash.
- "[Y]ou've spent so much of your life writing romantic vomit for morons that the mushy bit of the brain you did have has gone rancid." — 1936
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(no longer used) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
- He gives your Hollander a vomit. — 1603

verb3

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To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- The fish […] vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. — 1611
To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
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To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
- She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.

forms

vomited · vomited blood · vomiting · vomiting blood · vomiteth · vomits · vomitest

Phrases with vomit

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