vomiting

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vomiting

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of vomit

noun vomitings

  1. countable, uncountable The 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.

    Similar: emesis

  2. countable, uncountable The 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.

    Similar: vomit, vomitus

Similar: purging, throwing up

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Closest in meaning: puking, regurgitation, heaving, disgorgement, puke, emesis, stercoraceous, sickening, pregnancy, induce, barfing, throwing up, retching, spitting up, tossing cookies, chundering

noun

Similar: purging, throwing up

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noun action of the verb vomit

हिन्दीउल्टी करना ulṭī karnā
Kiswahiliutapishi
Русскийрво́та rvóta
العربيةقَيْءُ qayʔu, اِسْتِفْرَاغ istifrāḡ
עבריתהֲקָאָה haka'á

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@misc{vomiting_2026,
  title = {vomiting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vomiting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}