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   vom·it

   /ˈvämət/

   verb

   • 1. eject matter from the stomach through the mouth: "the sickly stench made him want to vomit" Similar be sickspewspew upfetch upheaveretchreachgagget sickinformal:throw uppukechunderchuck uphurlpray to the porcelain goddo the technicolor yawnkeckralphhonkshoot the catvombokebarfspit upupchuckblow chunkstoss one's cookiesblow chunksgo for the big spitplay the whaleyodelperkarchaic:regorgepurgebrakecascaderare:egurgitateregurgitatebring upspew upheave upcough uprejectloseinformal:chuck upthrow uppukesick upspit uparchaic:regorgevoid
   • ▪ emit (something) in an uncontrolled stream or flow: "the machine vomited fold after fold of paper" Similar ejectissueemitexpelsend forthdischargedisgorgespoutthrow outcast outspew outbelchrare:disembogueeruct

   noun

   • 1. matter vomited from the stomach: "the cell stank of vomit and urine"
   • 2. an emetic. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vomiter noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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