Vomit
Vomit , intransitive verb
[Compare Latin vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.]
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
Vomit , transitive verb
1.
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.
2.
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 , noun
[Latin vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit vam, Lithuanian vemiti. Compare Emetic, Vomito.]
1.
Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
2.
(Medicine) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit.
Collocations (2)
Black vomit (Medicine) , See in the Vocabulary.
Vomit nut , nux vomica.