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vomiting

vomiting is the present participle and gerund of vomit.

Noun

vomiting (countable and uncountable, plural vomitings)

  1. The act of one who vomits.
    • Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    emesis
  2. The matter that is vomited.
    • It is certainly probable that these black vomitings and stools may be absent, and in that case it would be extremely difficult to diagnose between simple ulcer of the stomach and non-ulcerative gastritis.1856, William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone, The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences
    Synonyms:
    vomit, vomitus

Meaning of vomit

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
    • The fish […] vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jonah 2:10
  2. (transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.
    • It is the illicit Christmas pudding an incorrigible servant cooks for the little boy one Christmas Day that sparks Oscar's first crisis of belief, for his father, opposed to Christmas pudding on theological grounds, makes the child vomit his helping.1988, Angela Carter, “Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 713
  3. To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
    • She snapped and started vomiting curses at us.

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Synonyms of vomiting

Forms of vomiting

pluralvomitings

Words formed from vomiting

Phrases with vomiting

Questions about vomiting

What does vomiting mean?
Vomiting means the act of one who vomits.
What is vomiting the present participle and gerund of?
Vomiting is the present participle and gerund of vomit.
What part of speech is vomiting?
Vomiting is a noun.
What is the plural of vomiting?
The plural of vomiting is vomitings.

Words near vomiting in the dictionary

  1. vomited up
  2. vomiter
  3. vomiters
  4. vomitest
  5. vomiteth
  6. vomiting
  7. vomiting blood
  8. vomiting nut
  9. vomiting nuts
  10. vomiting up
  11. vomitingly

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