puke (redirected from puky)

puke  (pyk) Slang

intr. & tr.v. puked, puk·ing, pukes

To vomit.

n.

1. The act of vomiting.

2. Vomit.

3. One regarded as disgusting or contemptible.

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[Perhaps imitative.]

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puke [pjuːk] Slang

vb

(Medicine / Pathology) to vomit

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) the act of vomiting

2. (Medicine / Pathology) the matter vomited

[probably of imitative origin; compare German spucken to spit]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puke - 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'" dirty dog, git, lowlife, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, bum, crumb, rat disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	puke - the matter ejected in vomiting       barf, vomit, vomitus body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Verb	1.	puke - 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" barf, be sick, regorge, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, sick, spue, disgorge, cat, spew, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

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puke

verb (Slang) vomit, be sick, throw up (informal), spew, heave, regurgitate, disgorge, retch, be nauseated, chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (U.S. slang) They got drunk and puked out of the window.

Translations

puke [pjuːk]

A. N

1. (= vomited matter) → vómito m

2. to have a puke = B

B. VI (also puke up) → devolver
it makes me (want to) puke (fig) → me da asco

C. VT (also puke up) → devolver, vomitar

puke [ˈpjuːk]

vi (also puke up) → dégueuler >

n → dégueulis m >

puke (sl)

vi → kotzen (inf), → spucken (inf); to puke all over something (inf) → etw vollkotzen (sl); he makes me puke → er kotzt mich an (sl)

vt → kotzen (inf), → spucken (inf)

n → Kotze f (vulg)

puke [pjuːk] vi (fam) → rigettare