puke

Definition of puke

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(colloquial, uncountable)vomit.

“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"”

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noun

(colloquial, uncountable)vomit.

“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"”
(colloquial, countable)A drug that induces vomiting.

“"at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day."”
(colloquial, countable)A worthless, despicable person.
(US, countable, derogatory, slang)A person from Missouri.

“"Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.”
(uncountable)A fine grade of woolen cloth.

“Puke-stocking caddis garter”
(uncountable)A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

verb

(ambitransitive, colloquial)To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

“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, […]”
(intransitive, 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.

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Etymology

Probably imitative; or, alternatively related to Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then related to German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”), Dutch spugen…

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Probably imitative; or, alternatively related to Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then related to German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”), Dutch spugen (“to spit, spit up”), German spucken (“to spit, puke, throw up”), and Old English spīwan (“to vomit, spit”). More at spew. Attested as early as 1581, first mention is the derivative pukishness (“the tendency to be sick frequently”). In 1600, "to spit up, regurgitate", recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

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