puke ( pukes 3rd person present) ( puking present participle) ( puked past tense & past participle )
1 verb When someone pukes, they vomit.
INFORMAL They got drunk and puked out the window. V
Puke up means the same as puke., phrasal verb
He peered at me like I'd just puked up on his jeans... V P
I figured, why eat when I was going to puke it up again? V n P
2 n-uncount Puke is the same as vomit.
INFORMAL He was fully clothed and covered in puke and piss.
Translation English - Cobuild Collins Dictionary
barf (U.S. slang) be nauseated, be sick, chuck (up) (slang, chiefly U.S.) chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.) disgorge, do a technicolour yawn (slang) heave, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up (informal) toss one's cookies (U.S. slang) upchuck (U.S. slang) vomit
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