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Nouns

• (n) an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
  • a bad case of the heaves
  heave,

Verbs

• (v) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  • After drinking too much, the students vomited
  • He purged continuously
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
  barf, be sick, puke, regorge, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, cat, disgorge, spue, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast,
• (v) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit gag, heave,

Synonyms

heave barf be sick puke regorge sick throw up upchuck vomit vomit up cat disgorge spue spew chuck honk regurgitate purge cast gag

Antonyms

keep down

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