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. 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 See All Example Sentences for puke
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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
  • 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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