- puke
- verb (puked; puking) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1600 vomit • puke noun
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Puke — bezeichnet: Te Puke, Ort in der Region Bay of Plenty in Neuseeland Mont Puke, Berg im französischen Überseegebiet Wallis und Futuna Pukë, unbestimmte Form von Puka, Stadt im Kreis Puka in Albanien Puke, EP der Punkrock Band Guttermouth … Deutsch Wikipedia
Puke — Puke, n. A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Puke — Puke, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse s arms. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Puke — Puke, v. t. To eject from the stomach; to vomit up. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Puke — (Puker), in Skandinavien schwarzer Zwerg; vgl. Puck … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Pukë — [ pukə], Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Bezirks in Nordalbanien, 3 100 Einwohner; Holzverarbeitung … Universal-Lexikon
puke — (v.) 1600, probably of imitative origin (Cf. Ger. spucken to spit, L. spuere); first recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare s As You Like It. The noun meaning material thrown up in vomiting is from 1961 … Etymology dictionary
puke — [v] vomit barf*, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn*, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one’s cookies*, upchuck*; concept 179 … New thesaurus
puke — ► VERB & NOUN informal ▪ vomit. DERIVATIVES pukey adjective. ORIGIN probably imitative … English terms dictionary
puke — [pyo͞ok] n., vi., vt. puked, puking [akin ? to Ger spucken, to spit, ult. of echoic orig.] Informal VOMIT … English World dictionary
