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1. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   - vomit, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students vomited"
   - vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]

Derived forms: vomitings

See also: vomiter

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

Antonym: keep down

Encyclopedia: Vomit