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English noun: puke | |||
| 1. | puke (person) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | ||
| Samples | 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'. | ||
| Synonyms | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable person, unpleasant person | ||
| 2. | puke (substance) the matter ejected in vomiting | ||
| Synonyms | barf, vomit, vomitus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product | ||
English verb: puke | |||
| 1. | puke (body) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | ||
| Samples | After drinking too much, the students vomited. He purged continuously. The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night. | ||
| Synonyms | barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
| Antonyms | keep down | ||
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