puke
verb/pjuːk/
/pjuːk/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they puke | /pjuːk/ /pjuːk/ |
| he / she / it pukes | /pjuːks/ /pjuːks/ |
| past simple puked | /pjuːkt/ /pjuːkt/ |
| past participle puked | /pjuːkt/ /pjuːkt/ |
| -ing form puking | /ˈpjuːkɪŋ/ /ˈpjuːkɪŋ/ |
- puke (something) (up) to vomit
- The baby puked all over me this morning.
- That guy makes me puke! (= makes me angry)
- I puked up my dinner.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably imitative; first recorded as a verb in: “At first the infant, mewling, and puking in the nurse's arms”, in Shakespeare's As you like it (ii. vii. 144).
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