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/vˈɑmət/ Listen

noun

Vomit n.

Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. "Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured."

(Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. "He gives your Hollander a vomit."

Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.

Vomit nut, nux vomica.

verb

Vomit v. t.

To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; often followed by up or out. "The fish... vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."

Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. "Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke."

Vomit v. i. (past & past part. vomited; pres. part. vomiting) To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

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Etymology of 'Vomit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vomit" Quotes from Famous Books

... of faith, the seeming slow progress of the gospel, and the heart-crushing disappointments arising from broken hopes, when individuals and communities who have promised well, turn back to their old errors "like the dog to his vomit" again. But of joys it is much easier to speak, the joy of preaching Christ to the perishing,—of laboring where others will not labor,—of laying foundations for the future,—of feeling that you are doing what you can to fulfil the Saviour's last command,—of seeing the ...

— The Women of the Arabs • Henry Harris Jessup

... vomit once or twice in the early period of the disease: when this happens, they never return to the natural food of the dog, but are eager for everything that is filthy and horrible. The natural appetite generally fails entirely, and to it succeeds a strangely depraved one. ...

— The Dog - A nineteenth-century dog-lovers' manual, - a combination of the essential and the esoteric. • William Youatt

... water in the candidate's face. The sufferer is obliged to receive this bath without distorting his countenance, on pain of forfeiting his degree. Odorous oils were then sprinkled over him, and finally a powerful vomit was given to him. When this last dose had produced its usual effect upon the candidate, he was pronounced to be a ...

— Niels Klim's journey under the ground • Baron Ludvig Holberg

... Seneca, "and then they vomit; they vomit, and then they eat." But even in this matter we cannot tell anything like ...

— Seekers after God • Frederic William Farrar

... it seemed to Jan, was taking hold of him when a knock came on the door. "Sh-h!" she warned, and Jan controlled himself. He wanted more than ever to vomit, but there came another knock on the door—and another. And then ...

— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly

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