vomit

verb

ˈvä-mət How to pronounce vomit (audio)
Definition of vomitnext
as in to hurl
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something

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Recent Examples of vomit Robertson said that about two days later, her daughter started vomiting, developed a high fever, and had severe diarrhea. — Erin Jones, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 On the way home from swim lessons, Brooklyn vomited all over the back seat. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 In June, Clark vomited at halftime during a game against the Atlanta Dream, which the Fever went on to win. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Back at the Apollyon, Nas vomits the same black, viscous substance again. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vomit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomit
  1. hurl
  2. puke
  3. heave
  4. gag
  5. barf
  6. retch
Verb
  • For over a week, protesters have hurled rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks at police who have used batons and tear gas in clashes in the city center.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Videos show some masked protesters hurling objects at police as the tear gas drifts across the square.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurl
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Tampa Bay right-hander Jonathan Heasley puked on the mound in his lone appearance of the 2026 campaign.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And after you're done looking, try not to run to your toilet and puke.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of puke
Verb
  • On fourth-and-21 in the second overtime, Seminoles quarterback Ashton Daniels heaved the ball into the end zone and it was caught by Micahi Danzy for a touchdown — one that was called back after a holding call that Florida State felt didn't exist.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • On fourth-and-21 in the second overtime, Seminoles quarterback Ashton Daniels heaved the ball into the end zone and Micahi Danzy caught it for a touchdown — one that was called back after a holding call that Florida State felt didn’t exist.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of heave
Verb
  • Confined to a small dog kennel, Reyes was bound by her hands and feet, gagged and left for weeks at a time.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The cut to Britani, who had just defended Bronwyn, completely gagged, is pure art.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of gag
Verb
  • Then Holland got up to snap a photo with Bernthal and Evans and barfed on the floor.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
  • The young stars of these videos might be opening Amazon packages, sitting in a dentist’s chair, lip-synching to Morgan Wallen in an all-white kitchen beneath a giant box-pendant light fixture, or barfing.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of barf
Verb
  • The Captain’s Dinner scene in the 2022 film Triangle of Sadness, with its opera of vomit, is satire in a long-standing tradition, going back to the retching sequence on the boat in Céline’s Mort à crédit, and before that to Rabelais.
    — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Even the sound of the breaking chips made June retch.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of retch

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