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Noun: vom  vóm
Usage: informal
  1. The matter ejected in vomiting
    - vomit, vomitus, barf [informal], spew [informal], sick [Brit, informal]
Verb: vom (vommed,vomming)  vóm
Usage: informal
  1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    "After drinking too much, the students vommed";
    - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick, disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up, keck [informal], hurl [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], chunder [Brit, informal], boke [UK, dialect], boak [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: vomming, voms, vommed

Type of: body waste, egest, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, pass

Encyclopedia: Vom