vomit
vom‧it1 /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.
vomit2
noun [uncountable]
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verb [intransitive and transitive]to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, because you are ill:
vomit up
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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
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin vomitus, from vomere 'to vomit'