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Webster 1913 Edition


Vomiting

Vom′it-ing

,
Noun.
The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vomiting

VOM'ITING

,
ppr.
Discharging from the stomach through the mouth, or ejecting from any deep place.

VOM'ITING

, n.
1.
The act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth. Vomiting is an inverted action of the stomach.
2.
The act of throwing out substances with violence from a deep hollow, as a volcano, &c.

Definition 2024


vomiting

vomiting

English

Verb

vomiting

  1. present participle of vomit

Noun

vomiting (countable and uncountable, plural vomitings)

  1. The action of the verb vomit
    • Jeremy Taylor
      Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

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