3 entries under this word
[imp. & p. p. VOMITED; p. pr. & vb. n. VOMITING.] [Lat. vomere, vomitum, and v. intens. vomitare, allied to Gr. ἐμεῖν, Skr. wam, Lith. wémti, Fr. & Pr. vomir, Sp. & Pg. vomitar, It. vomitare, vomire.] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
Sense 1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to cascade;—often followed by up or out.
The fish ... vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10.
Sense 2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, and the like. “Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.” Milton.
[Lat. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, Pr. vomit, Sp., Pg., & It. vomito.]
Sense 1. The matter ejected from the stomach. “Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.” Sandys.
Sense 2. (Med.) That which excites the stomach to discharge its contents; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak.
Black vomit (Med.), a copious vomiting of dark-colored matter, resembling coffee grounds,—one of the most fatal attendants of the yellow fever.