barfed; barfing; barfs
US, informal
: vomit
Acute mountain sickness is typified by a headache that feels as if Thor himself is hammering your brain and by a strong desire to barf.—
Douglas Gantenbein
Douglas GantenbeinIn a pure Madonna moment, she sticks two fingers down her throat and pretends to barf.—Peter Travers
Peter Travers
barf
noun
US, informal
"Lemme take you to the bar," he yells to a guest who bellies up and immediately skids in a puddle of barf.
—Guy Trebay
Guy Trebay
Examples of barf in a Sentence
The movie was so disgusting that it made me want to barf.
the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf
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Rudd can do it all: make a beard out of tape, help someone distract Kang, and barf.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
My initial reaction after reading this story was, of course, to barf just a little bit in my mouth.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling.
—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
When Uecker gripes about baseball legends like Mickey Mantle lowering society’s collective standards by doing TV ads for jock itch ointment, Brooks mimes barfing into his coffee cup, but Uecker keeps going, unfazed by one of the funniest men on earth.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
My initial reaction after reading this story was, of course, to barf just a little bit in my mouth.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for barf
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“Barf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barf. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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