Definition of barfnext
as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf

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Recent Examples of barf Meza barfed during a kickoff, then strapped his helmet on and jogged onto the field to play defensive line, not missing a down. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025 Throughout this Tour there has been bad blood, barfing, blogging, and all manners of drama and controversy. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for barf
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vomit
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  • During the first couple of months, people may feel the urge to vomit, nausea in the morning and abdominal discomfort.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Whichever predator was involved, Henrici notes that the regurgitalite confirms that one of these animals snacked broadly on the smaller critters around it and could vomit up indigestible material, much as modern owls and Komodo dragons do today.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026

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“Barf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barf. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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