Puke

/pjuːk/ · noun

Meaning

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit..

Definitions by Sense

1. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
2. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
3. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
4. (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
5. (colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
6. (intransitive, finance, slang) 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.
7. A fine grade of woolen cloth.
8. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

Example Sentences

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"

"at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day."

"Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.

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

I obſerue our Ducheſſe / Is ſicke a dayes, ſhe puykes, her ſtomacke ſeethes, […]

Puke-stocking caddis garter

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• pukes
• puking
• puked

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