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vomiting

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: V AA1 M AH0 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emesis

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of vomit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vomit, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out, reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction

Narrower terms: rumination, hematemesis, haematemesis, hyperemesis

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَيْءُ (qayʔu) — action of the verb vomit
  • Arabic: اِسْتِفْرَاغ (istifrāḡ) — action of the verb vomit
  • Arabic: ترجيع (targīʕ) — action of the verb vomit
  • Arabic: قيئ (qēʔ) — action of the verb vomit
  • Arabic: استفراغ (estefrāḡ) — action of the verb vomit
  • Bulgarian: повръ́щане (povrǎ́štane) — action of the verb vomit
  • Galician: vómito — action of the verb vomit
  • Georgian: რწყევა (rc̣q̇eva) — action of the verb vomit
  • Georgian: ღებინება (ɣebineba) — action of the verb vomit
  • Hebrew: הֲקָאָה (haka'á) — action of the verb vomit
  • Hindi: उल्टी करना (ulṭī karnā) — action of the verb vomit
  • Hungarian: hányás — action of the verb vomit
  • Hungarian: okádás — action of the verb vomit
  • Irish: urlacan — action of the verb vomit
  • Irish: orla — action of the verb vomit
  • Old Irish: urlacad — action of the verb vomit
  • Old Irish: urlacan — action of the verb vomit
  • Central Kurdish: ھەراژ (heraj) — action of the verb vomit
  • Latin: vomitiō — action of the verb vomit
  • Marathi: उलटी (ulṭī) — action of the verb vomit
  • Russian: рво́та (rvóta) — action of the verb vomit
  • Scottish Gaelic: cur a-mach — action of the verb vomit
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìobhairt — action of the verb vomit
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgeitheadh — action of the verb vomit
  • Scottish Gaelic: tilgeadh — action of the verb vomit
  • Scottish Gaelic: tilgeil — action of the verb vomit
  • Swahili: utapishi — action of the verb vomit
  • Swedish: kräkning — action of the verb vomit
  • Swedish: uppbrytning — action of the verb vomit
  • Telugu: కక్కుట (kakkuṭa) — action of the verb vomit
  • Turkish: kusma — action of the verb vomit