as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something
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Recent Examples of vomit
Anxious dogs and cats may pace around a room, tremble, shed fur, or compulsively vomit up meals.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
The animals would vomit and defecate all over the community and neighboring properties.
—Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Courtesy of Netflix When the raid was going on, a Somali woman named Halima recalls being at a nearby school with 20 children huddled on top of her, vomiting and passing out.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Discover More in Health and Science Sick in the Name of Science: Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing interest.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
The animals would vomit and defecate all over the community and neighboring properties.
—Michael L. Hyman, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Courtesy of Netflix When the raid was going on, a Somali woman named Halima recalls being at a nearby school with 20 children huddled on top of her, vomiting and passing out.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
Discover More in Health and Science Sick in the Name of Science: Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing interest.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
Verb
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Apparently, my father approached the people hurling the insults and asked them to stop.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2025
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And even as South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace spent the beginning of 2025 hurling anti-trans slurs at Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first out trans woman to serve in Congress, Democrats have largely remained silent.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
4 Mar. 2025
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Imagine trying to puke being stapled top to bottom.—
Shannin Desroches,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The people seated on both sides of me walked out even before a character puked on the camera lens.—
Vanessa Franko,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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But with the shot clock about to expire, Harris heaved a deep 3-pointer toward the rim and banked it in.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The waves heaved beneath our small boat on their way to batter the cliffs, giving us a small yet thrilling taste of what these seas are capable of.—
Justin Meneguzzi,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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People with food impaction may gag, vomit, or salivate excessively.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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The musician could then be seen pouring a lemon mixture into the open egg before taking a sip of the broth inside the egg and gagging.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2025
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By a weird coincidence, the young woman loudly retching in the next bed had, too.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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Shortly afterward, he was seen retching in a field.—
Heidi Blake,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2024
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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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