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VOMIT UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vomit up mean? 

VOMIT UP (verb)
  The verb VOMIT UP has 1 sense:

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: VOMIT UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VOMIT UP (verb)


Sense 1vomit up [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

barf; vomit; upchuck; throw up; sick; retch; regorge; puke; vomit up; be sick; cat; disgorge; spue; spew; chuck; regurgitate; honk; purge; cast

Context examples:

After drinking too much, the students vomited / He purged continuously / The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Hypernyms (to "vomit up" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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