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
About 10 meters away, a man sitting on his bed vomited loudly.
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Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Their main symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus, according to the health agency.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
People with food impaction may gag, vomit, or salivate excessively.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
Anxious dogs and cats may pace around a room, tremble, shed fur, or compulsively vomit up meals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
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Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
Their main symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus, according to the health agency.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
People with food impaction may gag, vomit, or salivate excessively.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
Anxious dogs and cats may pace around a room, tremble, shed fur, or compulsively vomit up meals.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
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Outside, a school bus lay on its side, hurled against the building by the storm, with yellow caution tape keeping onlookers at a distance.—
Robert Shackelford,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 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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Sotheby’s was heaving before the 7 p.m. kick-off, with packed seats and an excited crowd thronged at the back of the salesroom.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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As time expired, Tre Holloman heaved a shot from beyond halfcourt and sank it to secure the ridiculous victory for Michigan State on the road.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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One mom felt Dara's pain and reported that her 20-month-old learned how to gag herself to get a reaction.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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People with food impaction may gag, vomit, or salivate excessively.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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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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The beat retched like Tin Man choking on his own silvery puke while Fraxiom called out NYU kids and threatened to pee on Zedd.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 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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“Vomit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomit. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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