as in hurling
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the children with the flu vomited every time they tried to eat something
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Recent Examples of vomiting
Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
On Easter Day in 2019, a sweating and erratic Kay — who was allegedly vomiting and dancing with his shirt off — was taken home from the stadium and later hospitalized.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic, HG involves severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
The primary symptoms of norovirus are vomiting and diarrhea.
—New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Rates of nausea and vomiting among those patients were 13% and 11% above placebo, respectively.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Then, early in the morning of February 18, Chernyak began having seizures and vomiting in his bunk bed.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Other more serious, though rare, risks include pancreatitis, gallbladder disease and potential kidney injury — particularly if severe dehydration occurs due to vomiting, the expert cautioned.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
On Easter Day in 2019, a sweating and erratic Kay — who was allegedly vomiting and dancing with his shirt off — was taken home from the stadium and later hospitalized.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
According to the Cleveland Clinic, HG involves severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
The primary symptoms of norovirus are vomiting and diarrhea.
—New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Rates of nausea and vomiting among those patients were 13% and 11% above placebo, respectively.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Daily beatings that left people in wheelchairs, with broken teeth, and vomiting blood.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Then, early in the morning of February 18, Chernyak began having seizures and vomiting in his bunk bed.
—Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Other more serious, though rare, risks include pancreatitis, gallbladder disease and potential kidney injury — particularly if severe dehydration occurs due to vomiting, the expert cautioned.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vomiting
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After her 2023 arrest, Lorincz admitted to hurling racial slurs at the children, according to the arrest affidavit.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Walking away from a fight or turning the other cheek at someone hurling insults your way would be an insult to our own ego and pride.—
Ed Lavandera,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Love Is Blind star Jordan Keltner is getting plenty of attention after whipping up a chicken smoothie that left his fiancé (and viewers) gagging.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most terrifying part, however, will truly leave you gagging.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Darcey continued heaving in the car, which left Georgi grossed out.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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And, in what is now Ecuador, there was a forest with a heaving ancient ecosystem.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Annabelle wants souls, demons possess you by puking into your mouth, and no powers of darkness are stronger than the love between spooky mom and dad, Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The patient is actually a training dummy that instructors can manipulate into yelling, moaning, retching, suffering blood pressure spikes, heart attacks and other medical emergencies.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vomiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vomiting. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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