vomiting

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noun

The act of one who vomits.

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emesisvomitvomituspurgingthrowing upregurgitationdisgorgementpuking
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of vomit
nounvomiting (countable and uncountable, plural vomitings)

plural vomitings

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe 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. countableuncountableThe 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of one who vomits.

Similar
emesis

nounThe matter that is vomited.

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vomitvomitus
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purgingthrowing up

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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vomitemesisregurgitationdisgorgementpuking
Broader
reflexreflex responsereflex actionexpulsionprojectionejection
Also see
disgorgementemesispukingregurgitationvomit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قَيْءُ, اِسْتِفْرَاغ
  • قَيْءُ (qayʔu)action of the verb vomit
  • اِسْتِفْرَاغ (istifrāḡ)action of the verb vomit
Bulgarian повръ́щане
  • повръ́щане (povrắštane)action of the verb vomit
Finnish oksennus
  • oksennusaction of the verb vomit
Hebrew הֲקָאָה
  • הֲקָאָה (haka'á)action of the verb vomit
Hindi उल्टी करना
  • उल्टी करना (ulṭī karnā)action of the verb vomit
Hungarian hányás, okádás
  • hányásaction of the verb vomit
  • okádásaction of the verb vomit
Irish urlacan, orla
  • urlacanaction of the verb vomit
  • orlaaction of the verb vomit
Latin vomitiō
  • vomitiōaction of the verb vomit
Russian рво́та
  • рво́та (rvóta)action of the verb vomit
Scottish Gaelic cur a-mach, dìobhairt
  • cur a-machaction of the verb vomit
  • dìobhairtaction of the verb vomit
  • sgeitheadhaction of the verb vomit
  • tilgeadhaction of the verb vomit
  • tilgeilaction of the verb vomit
Swahili utapishi
  • utapishiaction of the verb vomit
Swedish kräkning, uppbrytning
  • kräkningaction of the verb vomit
  • uppbrytningaction of the verb vomit
Turkish kusma
  • kusmaaction of the verb vomit
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APA

vomiting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomiting

MLA

“vomiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomiting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vomiting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomiting.

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