1. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "The patient had a vomit in the basin";
   - vomiting, emesis [technical], regurgitation, disgorgement, puking
    
2. The matter ejected in vomiting
   "The nurse cleaned up the vomit from the patient's bed";
   - vomitus, barf [informal], vom [informal], spew [informal], sick [Brit, informal]
    
3. [archaic] A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
   "The doctor prescribed an emetic vomit to clear the poison";
   - emetic, vomitive, nauseant

1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "The seasick passenger vomited up his lunch";
   - vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up

Derived forms: vomits, vomited, vomiting

Type of: body waste, curative, cure, egest, ejection, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, expulsion, forcing out, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, pass, physiological reaction, projection, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, remedy, therapeutic, unconditioned reflex

Encyclopedia: Vomit