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vomit blood

vomit blood verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.

Verb

vomit blood (third-person singular simple present vomits blood, present participle vomiting blood, simple past and past participle vomited blood)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.
  2. (Singapore, Singlish, figuratively) To be overcome with extreme levels of stress or frustration, especially when dealing with something problematic.

Forms of vomit blood

third-person singular presentvomits blood
present participlevomiting blood
past participlevomited blood
pastvomited blood

Origin of vomit blood

The figurative sense is a calque of an idiomatic expression from Chinese languages — 嘔血／呕血 (au² hyut³) in Cantonese and 吐血 (thò͘-hoeh) in Hokkien, for example.

Questions about vomit blood

What does vomit blood mean?
Vomit blood means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.
What part of speech is vomit blood?
Vomit blood is a verb.
What is the past tense of vomit blood?
The past tense of vomit blood is vomited blood.

Words near vomit blood in the dictionary

  1. vomicae
  2. vomicas
  3. vomicine
  4. vomifoliol
  5. vomit
  6. vomit blood
  7. vomit comet
  8. vomit comets
  9. vomit fraud
  10. vomit frauds
  11. vomit green

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