vomit

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • enPR: vŏm'ət
  • IPA ^(key): /ˈvɒmət/
  • SAMPA: /"vQm@t/
• (US)
  • enPR: vŏm'ît
  • IPA ^(key): /ˈvɑmɨt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular vomit

Plural none

1. (uncountable) Vomit is stuff from your stomach that might come out your mouth if you are sick.

• 
  This person is vomiting
• 
  A man is vomiting in this picture

Verb

Plain form vomit

Third-person singular vomits

Past tense vomited

Past participle vomited

Present participle vomiting

1. If you vomit, anything in your stomach comes out of your mouth; you puke.

   He vomited after dinner because he ate too much.

Synonyms

• puke
• barf
• throw up