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
Throughout this Tour there has been bad blood, barfing, blogging, and all manners of drama and controversy.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barf
vomit
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The process, which is similar to vomiting, was discovered in a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Aug. 2025
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The child started to vomit water and gasp for air and quickly regained consciousness and started to cry, police said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Barf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barf. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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