vomit

Definition

To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Etymology

From Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre (“vomit repeatedly”), frequentative form of vomō (“be sick, vomit”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Old Norse váma (“nausea, malaise”), Old English wemman (“to defile”). More at wem.

Example Sentences

• "The fish […] vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."
• "It is the illicit Christmas pudding an incorrigible servant cooks for the little boy one Christmas Day that sparks Oscar's first crisis of belief, for his father, opposed to Christmas pudding on theological grounds, makes the child vomit his helping."
• "She snapped and started vomiting curses at us."