1. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "Severe food poisoning led to uncontrollable vomiting";
   - vomit, emesis [technical], regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

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: vomitings

Type of: egest, ejection, eliminate, excrete, expulsion, forcing out, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, pass, physiological reaction, projection, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex

Encyclopedia: Vomiting