puke
verb [I or T] /pjuːk/ slangDefinition
› to vomit: The baby puked all down my shirt. She puked her dinner up again.Vomiting and feelings of sickness
(Definition of puke verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- airsick adjective
- barf verb
- bring sth up phrasal verb (VOMIT)
- churn verb (MOVE/MIX)
- disgorge verb
- gag verb (ALMOST VOMIT)
- honk verb (VOMIT)
- motion sickness noun
- nausea noun
- nauseate verb
- nauseating adjective
- regurgitate verb
- retch verb
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick to your stomach idiom
- sickly adjective (VOMIT)
- sickness noun (VOMIT)
- spew (sth) up phrasal verb
- turn sb's stomach idiom
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