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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sickness in stomach; revulsion |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, rejection, repugnance, retching, squeamishness, vomiting |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit, choke |
| Synonyms: | be nauseated, disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke, retch, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke, retch, rise, sign, sob, spew, spit up, surge, suspire, swell, throb, throw up, upchuck, vomit |
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag, heave, hurl, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
| Main Entry: | throw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regurgitate |
| Synonyms: | barf, be nauseous, be sick, blow grits, blow lunch, bring up, disgorge, drive a truck, gag, heave, hurl, pray to the porcelain god, puke, puke, ralph, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, upchuck, urp, vomit, vomit |
| Main Entry: | vomit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgorge |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, bring up*, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag, heave, hurl, puke, regurgitate, retch, ruminate, spew, spit up, throw up, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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