as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth a speaker so nervous that he had upchucked backstage

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Recent Examples of upchuck Fans of Pitch Perfect, which famously begins with Camp's Aubrey profusely upchucking all over the crowd at the a cappella finals, will be, if not delighted, at least amused to know that her new film, Bride Hard, begins in much the same way. Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025 The two men clash but then go on to respect each other after Emma takes a chunk of a scalp from a nun, upchucks some weird-looking goo and then taunts/terrorizes those around her. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 6 June 2025 But there are also far more lurid definitions in common parlance: Ralphing means upchucking from drink, boufing is ingesting alcohol anally (not kidding here, look it up), and the triangle is a three-way consisting of two men and one woman. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2018 The kids can’t seem to help upchucking on you and whining. Amy Tara Koch, The Seattle Times, 25 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upchuck
vomit
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  • Tom Cruise recalled that all the actors who tried to perform in those fighter jets vomited their brains out.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 25 June 2025
  • Groups of patients that gradually increased dosage had lower rates of discontinuations and vomiting than those who did not.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025

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“Upchuck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upchuck. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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