vom

See also: VOM and vòm

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

vom (uncountable)

  1. (informal) vomit

Verb

vom (third-person singular simple present voms, present participle vomming, simple past and past participle vommed)

  1. (informal) vomit
    • 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle (page 185)
      Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away.
    • 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer
      Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp[sic] taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.

Anagrams


Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin vomō. Compare Daco-Romanian voame, vom.

Verb

vom (third-person singular present indicative voami/voame, past participle vumutã)

  1. I vomit.
  • voamiri / voamire, vumeari / vumeare
  • vumut

See also


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vǫmb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔm/, [vʌmˀ]

Noun

vom c (singular definite vommen, plural indefinite vomme)

  1. belly
  2. paunch

Declension

Derived terms

  • vommet

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Contraction

vom (+ adjective ending with -em + masculine or neuter noun)

  1. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vom]

Verb

(noi) vom (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

  1. (we) will
    Vom lua prânzul la ora douăsprezece.
    We will have lunch at 12 o'clock.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English woman (woman (truncated) > wom > vom)

Noun

vom (nominative plural voms)

  1. woman (adult female human)

Declension

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