Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth.  Vomit is the substance expelled.  Synonyms and slang terms for vomit include emesis, puke, barf, throw up, upchuck, ralph, and spit up.

Quotes

• Good painters imitate nature, bad ones vomit it.
  • Miguel de Cervantes, in El licenciado Vidriera [The Lawyer of Glass], in Novelas ejemplares (1613).

• Vomiting is not a deal breaker.  If Hitler had vomited on Chamberlain, Chamberlain still would have given him Czechoslovakia.
  • Jerry Seinfeld in "The Pitch", Seinfeld (S4E3, (16 September 1992).

• You know in some cultures, they only eat vomit.  I never been there before, but I read about it...in a book!
  • White Goodman (Ben Stiller) in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (18 June 2004).

• As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
  • The Bible, Proverbs 26.

• What about orange juice and milk?  What's the upchuck factor on that?
  • Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) in Heathers (1 October 1988).

• You may find this hard to believe, but it's the best thing I've ever thrown up.
  • Max Vandenburg (Ben Schnetzer) in The Book Thief (3 October 2013).

See also

• sickness

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