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an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
- a bad case of the heaves
• Syn:
heave
• Derivationally related forms:
heave (for: heave)
• Hypernyms:
spasm
1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (Freq. 1)
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
• Syn:
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick,
cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, puke, barf,
barf, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up
• Ant:
keep down (for: vomit)
• Derivationally related forms:
regurgitation (for: regurgitate), spewer (for: spew), puke (for: puke), puking (for: puke), disgorgement (for: disgorge), sick (for: sick), vomit (for: vomit), vomiter (for: vomit), vomiting (for: vomit)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: throw up)
- Somebody ----s something (for: regurgitate)
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something (for: vomit up)
2. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit;
strain to vomit
• Syn:
gag, heave
• Derivationally related forms:
heave (for: heave)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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