puke up

Eject stomach contents

Puke up is to vomit something specific, emphasizing what's expelled rather than the act itself: He puked up his lunch.

The particle *up* suggests bringing contents from stomach to mouth.

It's slightly more vivid than *puke* alone, often used when describing what came out: She puked up everything she'd eaten.

Related

toss your cookies · spew · regurgitate · hurl · hurl chunks · blow chunks · barf · gagging · chunder · boot · expelling · disgorging · heaving · lose one's lunch · yak · queasiness · dry heaves · pray to the porcelain god

Opposites
direction of digestive movement

puke upswallow

Send down the throat

gulp down · ingest · eat · drink · consume

retention vs expulsion

puke upkeep down

Limit or control growth

hold down · retain · stomach · absorb · digest

Family

puke, up, puked, pukes, puking, upping

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG