the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After eating too much garlic, I had to rush to the bathroom because I couldn't hold down my food and ended up vomiting."
The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.
"The doctor had to carefully remove the foul-smelling vomit from the patient's airway before they could be stabilized."
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"
"He purged continuously"
"The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
"After eating too much at the buffet, I had to run outside and vomit before I could feel sick again."
The word "vomit" comes from the Latin verb vomō, which originally meant to be sick or vomit. This Latin root traces back to a Proto-Indo-European term meaning to spew or vomit.