as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes
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Recent Examples of puke
There are, inevitably and perhaps predictably, dire consequences here, as signaled when I-Ann has to run to the street to puke during her shift.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
English-language creators have also puked out a torrent of AI musical erotica, but nothing that plays on a piece of cultural heritage that’s been memed to oblivion as much as A Midsummer Night’s Lewd Dream.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
Dina investigates the nearby trees and returns to puke her guts out.
—EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Either way, former Ole Miss coach Maurice Harris remembered how the 200-pound kid who showed up to that Rebels summer camp back in 2012 could barely make it through a drill without puking his guts out.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
English-language creators have also puked out a torrent of AI musical erotica, but nothing that plays on a piece of cultural heritage that’s been memed to oblivion as much as A Midsummer Night’s Lewd Dream.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 14 May 2025
Dina investigates the nearby trees and returns to puke her guts out.
—EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Either way, former Ole Miss coach Maurice Harris remembered how the 200-pound kid who showed up to that Rebels summer camp back in 2012 could barely make it through a drill without puking his guts out.
—Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puke
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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“Puke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puke. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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