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- [vom-it]
- /ˈvɒm ɪt/
- /ˈvɒm.ɪt/
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- [vom-it]
- /ˈvɒm ɪt/
Definitions of vomit word
- verb without object vomit to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up. 1
- verb without object vomit to belch or spew with force or violence. 1
- verb with object vomit to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew. 1
- verb with object vomit to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock. 1
- verb with object vomit to cause (a person) to vomit. 1
- noun vomit the act of vomiting. 1
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Origin of vomit
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn (see emetic)
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Parts of speech for Vomit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vomit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vomit usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vomit
verb vomit
- barf — If someone barfs, they vomit.
- belch — If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach.
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- cascade — If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
- cast out — To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
Antonyms for vomit
verb vomit
- absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- get into — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- ingest — to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- osmose — to undergo osmosis.
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