vomit
pronunciation
How to pronounce vomit in British English:
UK [ˈvɒmɪt]
How to pronounce vomit in American English:
US [ˈvɑːmɪt]
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- Noun:
- the matter ejected in vomiting
- a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
- the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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- Verb:
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Word Origin
- vomit
- vomit: [14] Vomit comes from vomitus, the past participle of Latin vomere ‘vomit’. This was descended from the prehistoric Indo-European base *wem-, which also produced Greek emeín ‘vomit’ (source of English emetic [17]).=> emetic
- vomit (n.)
- late 14c., "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from Anglo-French vomit, Old French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "to puke, spew forth, discharge," from PIE root *weme- "to spit, vomit" (cognates: Greek emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Sanskrit vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;" Lithuanian vemiù "to vomit," Old Norse væma "seasickness"). In reference to the matter so ejected, it is attested from late 14c.
- vomit (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin vomitus, past participle of vomitare (see vomit (n.)). Related: Vomited; vomiting.
Example
- 1. We stay in hotels where strangers sneeze and vomit .
- 2. Left alone she may vomit or be too worried to eat .
- 3. Just try not to vomit on your textbooks or computer screen .
- 4. A 17-year-old from sheffield died choking on his own vomit after a night of drinking .
- 5. The outdoor grandstand reeked of cheap liquor and the occasional pool of vomit .