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up⋅chuck

  [uhp-chuhk]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object) Informal.
to vomit.
Origin:
1920–25; up- + chuck 1
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up·chuck   (ŭp'chŭk')   
tr. & intr.v.   up·chucked, up·chuck·ing, up·chucks Slang
To vomit or experience vomiting.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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upchuck [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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Word Origin & History

upchuck 
"to vomit," 1960, Amer.Eng. slang, from up + chuck (v.) "to throw."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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