puke

Stomach contents ejected

Puke is vomit—the noun and the verb.

To puke is to throw up: I think I'm going to puke.

The word is informal but not particularly vulgar, common among children and adults alike.

Puke can express disgust figuratively: This movie makes me want to puke.

A puke is also, informally, a disgusting person.

vomit

retch

Gag involuntarily

spew · barf · hurl · gag · disgorge · throw up · dry heave · emesis · projectile · technicolor yawn

nausea

queasiness

Mild stomach disturbance

retching · gagging · upset stomach · queasy · biliousness · car sickness · airsickness · nauseous · woozy · stomach churning

illness

stomach flu

Viral digestive tract infection

virus · bug · sick · unwell · fever · infection · gastric · intestinal · flu · hangover

disgust

revulsion

Intense physical disgust

nauseating · sickening · vile · foul · stomach-turning · yucky · icky · nasty · putrid · rank

Categories
Opposites
digestive direction

pukeswallow

Send down the throat

keep down · ingest · eat · gulp down · digest

bodily comfort/distress

pukethrive

Flourish with vigor

settle

Phrases
Family

puking, puked, pukes, pukka, pukey

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG