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up·chuck

   [uhp-chuhk]
verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Informal.
to vomit.
Origin:
1920–25; up- + chuck1
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upchuck
"to vomit," by 1960, Amer.Eng. slang, from up + chuck (v.) "to throw."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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upchuck definition

[ˈəptʃək]
  1. tv. & in.
    to vomit (something). : Willy upchucked his whole dinner.
  2. n.
    vomit. : Is that upchuck on your shoe?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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