Past tense of vomit
regular verb
The past tense of vomit is vomited. The past participle is also vomited.
Forms of vomit
| Base form (V1) | vomit /ˈvɒmɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | vomited |
| Past participle (V3) | vomited |
| Present participle | vomiting |
| Third person singular | vomits |
Vomited in a sentence
- "Hullo!" said the athlete, and vomited with this greeting a cloud of tobacco-smoke.1907 April, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, chapter III, in The Longest Journey, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I...
- After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
- I too have literally vomited from the smell, for some reason, especially in the morning.1998 March 11, Jason Gill, “Bananas are disgusting (re: breastfeeding)”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry clenchy
- I think I vomited every day, pretty much.2020 April 25, Phil Lutton, “'I'm so lucky': Olympic star tells of cervical cancer scare”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry adeno
- I was sick; I vomited a bellyload into the gutter.1966, Anthony Burgess, chapter 1, in Tremor of Intent: An Eschatological Spy Novel, New York: Norton, page 51. From the entry bellyload
Meaning of vomit
- verb To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
- verb To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
- verb To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
Questions about the past tense of vomit
- What is the past tense of vomit?
- The past tense of vomit is vomited.
- What is the past participle of vomit?
- The past participle of vomit is vomited.
- Is vomit a regular or irregular verb?
- Vomit is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vomit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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