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vomit
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vomit1 /ˈvɒmət, ˈvɒmɪt $ ˈvɑː-/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, because you are ill:
    He had swallowed so much sea water he wanted to vomit.
    I knew I was really in trouble when I began vomiting blood.
    vomit up
    I vomited up most of my dinner.
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    In everyday English, people usually say that someone throws up, is sick, or in American English gets sick:
    He threw up his dinner.

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vomit2 noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin vomitus, from vomere 'to vomit'
food or other substances that come up from your stomach and through your mouth when you vomit