PUKE - 12 definitions found
puke n 1: 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'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git] 2: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf] v 1: 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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) puke verb (puked; puking) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1600 vomit • puke noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary puke (pukes, puking, puked) 1. When someone pukes, they vomit. (INFORMAL) They got drunk and puked out the window. VERB: V • Puke up means the same as puke. He peered at me like I'd just puked up on his jeans... I figured, why eat when I was going to puke it up again? PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P 2. Puke is the same as vomit. (INFORMAL) He was fully clothed and covered in puke and piss. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary puke pju:k v. & n. sl. --v.tr. & intr. vomit. --n. vomit. øøpukey adj. [16th c.: prob. imit.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Puke \Puke\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. --Shak. Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Puke \Puke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puked; p. pr. & vb. n. Puking.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.] To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew. The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Puke \Puke\, v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Puke \Puke\, n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms puke I. v. n. 1. Vomit, spew. 2. Sicken, be disgusted. II. v. a. Vomit, spew, cast up, throw up. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 46 Moby Thesaurus words for "puke": barf, be nauseated, be seasick, be sick, bring up, cascade, cast, cat, choke on, chuck up, disgorge, disgorgement, egest, egesta, egestion, feed the fish, feel disgust, gag, gagging, heave, heave the gorge, heaves, heaving, keck, louse, nausea, prick, regurgitate, regurgitation, reject, retch, scum, shit, shithead, shoot, sick up, sicken at, spew, stinkard, throw up, turd, upchuck, vomit, vomiting, vomition, wretch |
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