barfs

Loses one's lunch

Barfs is the third-person singular of barf, meaning to vomit: The dog barfs on the carpet every time he eats too fast.

As a noun, barfs can refer to multiple instances of vomiting or multiple piles of vomit: There were barfs all over the bathroom floor.

The word is informal and mildly crude.

vomiting

retch

Gag involuntarily

  • heaveForceful lift or throw
  • gagMouth restraint or jest
  • spewEject with force

regurgitate · upchuck · puke · hurl · disgorge · expel · eject · purge · emesis · projectile

nausea

queasy

Mildly sick to stomach

carsick · bilious · queasiness · airsick · heaving · woozy · nauseous

illness

gastroenteritis

Inflamed digestive tract illness

bulimia · indigestion · rotavirus · intoxication · chemotherapy · vertigo · concussion · migraine

disgust

gross

Total before subtractions

sickening · repulsive · vile · foul · putrid · rancid · offensive · yuck · ew · nasty

Opposites
direction of stomach contents

barfsswallows

Gulps or migratory birds

keeps down · ingests · digests · gulps · holds down

Phrases
Family

barf, barfing, barfed, barfy

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG