| nausea | | |
| n. (state) | 1. nausea, sickness | the state that precedes vomiting. |
| ~ kinetosis, motion sickness | the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| ~ morning sickness | nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy. |
| ~ queasiness, squeamishness, qualm | a mild state of nausea. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. nausea | disgust so strong it makes you feel sick. |
| ~ disgust | strong feelings of dislike. |
| vomit | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. barf, puke, vomit, vomitus | the matter ejected in vomiting. |
| ~ body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. emetic, nauseant, vomit, vomitive | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. |
| ~ ipecac | a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning). |
| ~ dry mustard, powdered mustard | a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic. |
| ~ curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
| n. (act) | 3. disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting | the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth. |
| ~ ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. |
| ~ rumination | regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding. |
| ~ haematemesis, hematemesis | vomiting blood. |
| ~ hyperemesis | severe and excessive vomiting. |
| ~ inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex | an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus. |
| v. (body) | 4. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | 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" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| puke | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" |
| ~ disagreeable person, unpleasant person | a person who is not pleasant or agreeable. |
| throw up | | |
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