puke1 verbpuke2 noun
pukepuke1 /pjuːk/ (also puke up) verb [intransitive, transitive] informal 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINpuke1
Verb TableOrigin:
1500-1600 Probably from the soundVERB TABLE
puke
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | puke |
| he, she, it | pukes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | puked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have puked |
| he, she, it | has puked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had puked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will puke |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have puked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am puking |
| he, she, it | is puking | |
| you, we, they | are puking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was puking |
| you, we, they | were puking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been puking |
| he, she, it | has been puking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been puking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be puking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been puking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- I feel like I'm going to puke again.
- It smells like someone puked in here.
- Heather lay 011 her bunk and puked into the pail.
- It makes me want to puke, except I did enough of that last Saturday night!
- Plato would probably have puked at Williams' seeming materialism.
- Suddenly I start puking into the road, but nothing comes up except this slimy stuff.
- The horse-faced young man was still puking, though by now it was just dry heaves.
- The stuff was either rubbish, or twee, or so boring it made you want to puke.
- They puke with great accuracy and surprising range.
- When we say sick we mean puking.
Longman Language Activatorto vomit► throw up
Collocations also be sick British bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth because you are ill, drunk, shocked etc: · Keith's had a particularly nasty form of the illness - he's even been throwing up with it.· One of my worst memories is of being sick in school assembly.· Just thinking about it makes me want to throw up.· The dog's been sick all over the carpet.throw something up: · I tried giving him some cool, boiled water, but he even threw that up.
► vomit to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth - used especially in medical contexts: · If she starts vomiting, contact the doctor immediately.
► puke /barf American informal to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth because you are ill, drunk etc: · It smells like someone puked in here.· I could barely stand up without barfing.
► bring up to bring food or drink up from your stomach out through your mouth, especially just after eating or drinking: bring up something: · It is quite normal for your baby to bring up some milk after feeding.bring something/it up: · 'Did you try giving him steamed fish?' 'Yes, but he brought it all up again.'
► regurgitate if birds or animals regurgitate something they have just eaten, they bring it up through their mouth, for example in order to feed it to their young: · The chicks will feed on the partially-digested food regurgitated by the parent.
► retch/heave if you retch or heave , your stomach muscles move in an uncontrollable way as though you are going to vomit: · He was doubled over in pain, gasping and retching as if his insides were on fire.· The stench from the bed was enough to make Detective Saunders heave.
► gag if you gag , your throat moves as though you are going to vomit, especially because you have tasted or smelled something very unpleasant: · I could hardly eat the fish without gagging.gag at/on: · Janir took a sip of the medicine and gagged at the vile taste.· Joe gagged on his first cigarette, red-faced and choking.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► make
Phrases· The stuff was either rubbish, or twee, or so boring it made you want to puke.· It makes you want to puke.· It makes me want to puke, except I did enough of that last Saturday night!
► want· The stuff was either rubbish, or twee, or so boring it made you want to puke.· It makes you want to puke.· It makes me want to puke, except I did enough of that last Saturday night!· He felt like he wanted to puke.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► make you (want to) puke
1to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth SYN vomit: - It made me want to puke.
- It makes me want to puke, except I did enough of that last Saturday night!
- It makes you want to puke.
- Orange juice is acidic, that made me puke.
- The stuff was either rubbish, or twee, or so boring it made you want to puke.
He puked all over the carpet.2make you (want to) puke informal to make you feel very angry: That kind of greed makes me puke!puke1 verbpuke2 noun
pukepuke2 noun [uncountable] ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
informal food brought back up from your stomach through your mouth SYN vomit- How much of my manhood is watery puke?
- Upstairs, Jack could lie down and think about puke and poison.