Meaning & use

vomited

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Ejected the contents of the stomach through the mouth (past tense of vomit).

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He vomited after eating the spoiled fish.

The child vomited on the car ride home.

A note on using this word

"Vomit" is also used figuratively to describe forcefully ejecting something, as in "the volcano vomited ash."

Words with a similar meaning

threw upregurgitated

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