Meaning of PUKE
| Pronunciation: | | pyook
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- [n] 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!"
- [n] the matter ejected in vomiting
- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | barf, be sick, bum, cast, cat, chuck, crumb, disgorge, honk, lowlife, purge, rat, regorge, regurgitate, retch, rotter, scum bag, sick, skunk, so-and-so, spew, spue, stinker, stinkpot, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit, vomit up, vomitus |
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| | Antonyms: | | keep down | | |
| | See Also: | | body waste, disagreeable person, egest, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, pass, unpleasant person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Puke\, v. t.
To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
\Puke\, n.
A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
\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.
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