vomit
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The rock-hard burning in the pit in my stomach and almost uncontrollable urge to vomit is a constant knawing feeling.
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- intransitive verb To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.
- intransitive verb To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush: The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.
- transitive verb To eject (contents of the stomach) through the mouth.
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- She threw up so abruptly that she didn't have time to move first -- her vomit was a smear down the door and onto the floor beneath it. — Heartfire
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And finally, I asked him what his lowest point was, and he said he had locked himself in his mansion in Atlanta for three days and, drapes drawn and windows closed, by himself, in what he called a vomit-stained dressing gown, dobbing at carpet with wet finger tip, trying to find cocaine residue.
— CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: What Accounts for 'Entertainment Tonight's' Longevity? - February 13, 2001 - Daeman was gasping, trying not to vomit from the pain. — Ilium
- How Piemur managed not to vomit from the odor of the room before he reached the shutters and flung them open, he didn't know. — Dragon Drums
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The rock-hard burning in the pit in my stomach and almost uncontrollable urge to vomit is a constant knawing feeling.
— grizmom Diary Entry
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- Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.