Pronunciations
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/pjuːk/
Noun
vomit.
Usage- Colloquial
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2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber" the puke saber … pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"
A drug that induces vomiting.
Usage- Colloquial
- Countable
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"at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day."
A worthless, despicable person.
Usage- Colloquial
- Countable
A person from Missouri.
Usage- US usage
- Countable
- Derogatory
- Slang
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"Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.
Verb
To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- Colloquial
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Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.
At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
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I obſerue our Ducheſſe / Is ſicke a dayes, ſhe puykes, her ſtomacke ſeethes, […]
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.
Usage- Intransitive
- Slang
Noun
A fine grade of woolen cloth.
Usage- Uncountable
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Puke-stocking caddis garter
A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.
Usage- Uncountable
Noun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
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only a rotter would do that
kill the rat
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throw the bum out
you cowardly little pukes!
the British call a contemptible person a ‘git’
the matter ejected in vomiting
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Verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
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The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night