Definition of: vomit

(vom′it) v.i.
1. To throw up or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
2. To issue with violence from any hollow place; be ejected.
—v.t.
3. To throw up or eject from the stomach, as food.
4. To discharge or send forth copiously or forcibly: The volcano vomited smoke.
—noun
1. Matter that is ejected, as from the stomach in vomiting.
2. A sickness which is characterized by vomiting.
3. An emetic.
4. The act of vomiting. [<L vomitare, freq. of vomere vomit]
—vom′it·er noun