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Puke

/pjuːk/

Vomit.

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📖 Definitions of "Puke"

noun

1
Vomit.
2
A drug that induces vomiting.
3
A worthless, despicable person.
4
A person from Missouri.

verb

1
To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
2
To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.

🔄 Synonyms of "Puke"

27 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
bumnoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
catnoun	Terms relating to animals.
sickverb	(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
disgorgeverb	To vomit or spew, to discharge.
ratnoun	(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
vomitverb	(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
regurgitateverb	(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
rotternoun	(UK, Australia, slang) A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
spueverb	Obsolete form of spew. [(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,]
retchverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
regorgeverb	To disgorge or vomit.
upchuckverb	(informal) To vomit.
crumbnoun	A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
barfnoun	(US, colloquial) Vomit.
so-and-sonoun	A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
honknoun	(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.
throw upverb	(intransitive, transitive, now informal, bacteriology) To vomit.
lowlifenoun	(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
stinkernoun	(slang) A contemptible person or thing.
vomitusnoun	(medicine) Vomit (the product of an emesis).
scum bagnoun	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
vomit upverb	(slang) To vomit.
be sickverb	(informal) To vomit.
chucknoun	(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

↔️ Antonyms of "Puke"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
keep downverb	(transitive) To repress.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Puke"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
upchuckverb	(informal) To vomit.
barfnoun	(US, colloquial) Vomit.
retchverb	(transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
disgorgeverb	To vomit or spew, to discharge.
regorgeverb	To disgorge or vomit.
vomitverb	(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.
regurgitateverb	(transitive, figurative, sometimes derogatory) To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.
throw upverb	(intransitive, transitive, now informal, bacteriology) To vomit.
vomitusnoun	(medicine) Vomit (the product of an emesis).
stinkernoun	(slang) A contemptible person or thing.
spewverb	(intransitive, informal) To vomit.
bumnoun	(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
honknoun	(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.
be sickverb	(informal) To vomit.
sickverb	(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
lowlifenoun	(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
rotternoun	(UK, Australia, slang) A despicable, worthless person; a scoundrel.
spueverb	Obsolete form of spew. [(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,]
castverb	(physical) To move, or be moved, away.
catnoun	Terms relating to animals.