Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vomit blood

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: vom-it blood
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.

verb

To be overcome with extreme levels of stress or frustration, especially when dealing with something problematic.

Etymology

The figurative sense is a calque of an idiomatic expression from Chinese languages — 嘔血／呕血 (au² hyut³) in Cantonese and 吐血 (thò͘-hoeh) in Hokkien, for example.

Inflected Forms

vomits blood (present, singular) vomiting blood (participle, present) vomited blood (participle, past) vomited blood (past)

Questions

What does vomit blood mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vomit, blood.
Where does vomit blood come from?: The figurative sense is a calque of an idiomatic expression from Chinese languages — 嘔血／呕血 (au² hyut³) in Cantonese and 吐血 (thò͘-hoeh) in Hokkien, for example.

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