puke : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: puke	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for puke
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
puke n 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'" Synonym(s): rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git the matter ejected in vomiting Synonym(s): vomit, vomitus, puke, barf v 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" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puke \Puke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Puking}.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.] To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew. The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puke \Puke\, v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puke \Puke\, n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puke \Puke\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. --Shak. Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity.