puke

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  1. intransitive and transitive verb To vomit.
  2. noun The act of vomiting.
  3. noun Vomit.
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  • I wanted to puke, and she saw it in my face and avoided me whenever she could. —  VC Andrews - Broken Wings
  • He came to rest too close to a congealed puddle of pink puke, and when his hands sought to push backward from it (his stomach threatening to put pay completely to his efforts), one landed on something plastic that rasped against the concrete. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#3
  • Just for other people's brands. globalcitizen Dear cab driver, please unlock the child proof window controls so that I don't have to suffocate on the smell of your fart. * puke* imwithsully: Ad Agency site checklist. —  TheNextWeb.com
  • Or she could have been a teensy bit more honest and sent her a big bottle of gin, some sleeping pills and the words 'Here, you need these more than me now' scrawled on a baby puke-covered Post-It. —  Hecklerspray
  • My guess is that it's because you can't stomach this puke, but can't admit it. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Perhaps imitative.

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  1. Origin obscure; perhaps for *spuke or *speuk, extended form of spew. Cf. German spucken, spit.
  2. from puke, v.
  3. Formerly also pewke; from Middle English puke; apparently an unassibilated form of puce.
 

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