Puke

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The infant


           Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.  --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puke \Puke\, v. t.
     To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puke \Puke\, n.
     A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puke \Puke\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. --Shak.
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     Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with
           puce; but Nares questions the identity.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}, {crumb},
             {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]
       2: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: {vomit}, {vomitus}]
       v : 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},
            {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate},
            {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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