Origin:
1590–1600; perhaps imitative
1590–1600; perhaps imitative
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puke (pjuːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to vomit |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act of vomiting |
| 3. | the matter vomited |
| [C16: probably of imitative origin; compare German spucken to spit] | |
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Puke
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
puke
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.
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Slang Dictionary
puke definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
She would arrive early and puke in the parking lot, then go to work.
From barnacles that hijack crabs to a protozoan that makes rodents cozy up to cats, parasites do a lot more than make you puke.
Government-funded researchers are building a flashlight that makes people puke on command.
It's much harder to laugh off a nasty remark when you lack job security or the face by your name is puke-green or sickly purple.
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