upchucked

Lost one's lunch

Upchucked is the past tense of upchuck, an informal American term meaning to vomit.

The word plays on the idea of something coming up and out, the opposite of keeping food down.

He upchucked his lunch all over the backseat of the car.

It's slightly more playful or euphemistic than vomit but more direct than expressions like got sick.

act

vomited

Ejected stomach contents

spewed · retched · heaved · gagged · regurgitated · disgorged · expelled · ejected · ralphed · yakked

nausea

queasy

Mildly sick to stomach

woozy · bilious · carsick · seasick · airsick · lightheaded · gastroenteritis · queasiness

substance

vomit

Eject stomach contents

  • pukeForceful stomach emptying
  • barfExpel stomach contents
  • bileLiver-made digestive fluid

chyme · sick · spew · mess · splatter · chunks · breakfast · dinner · lunch

cause

drunk

Impaired by alcohol

poisoned · pregnant · ill · feverish · concussed · dizzy · spinning · hammered · wasted · plastered

Opposites
direction of food/substance movement

upchuckedswallowed

Passed through throat

ingested · ate · consumed · drank · gobbled

retention vs. expulsion

upchuckedkept down

Held in check

retained · held down · digested · absorbed · stomached

Family

upchuck, upchucks, upchucking

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