'Vomit' definitions:

Definition of 'vomit'

noun

The matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf]

noun

A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant]

noun

The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]

verb

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

From: GCIDE

Vomit \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Vomit \Vom"it\, v. t.
1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out. [1913 Webster]
The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. --Jonah ii. 10. [1913 Webster]
2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. [1913 Webster]
Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.] [1913 Webster]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. [1913 Webster]
Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. [1913 Webster]
He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
Vomit nut, nux vomica. [1913 Webster]