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  • verb Present participle of puke.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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Examples

  • If Lady Casterley had planned this disclosure, which indeed she had not, for the impulse had only come over her at the sound of Courtier's laugh, she could not have, devised one more effectual, for there was deep down in him all a wanderer's very real distrust, amounting almost to contempt, of people so settled and done for; as aristocrats or bourgeois, and all a man of action's horror of what he called puking and muling.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • If Lady Casterley had planned this disclosure, which indeed she had not, for the impulse had only come over her at the sound of Courtier's laugh, she could not have, devised one more effectual, for there was deep down in him all a wanderer's very real distrust, amounting almost to contempt, of people so settled and done for; as aristocrats or bourgeois, and all a man of action's horror of what he called puking and muling.

    The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

  • However, I remember chugging some big glasses after a strenuous workout and practically puking from the massive amounts of Chlorine used.

    Different Frame of Reference 2003

  • - only eating slurpees and shaved ice when I ride the rides that way puking is a more pleasant experience

    July 2009 Comments of the Month Tyler 2009

  • - only eating slurpees and shaved ice when I ride the rides that way puking is a more pleasant experience

    The fair Tyler 2009

  • - only eating slurpees and shaved ice when I ride the rides that way puking is a more pleasant experience

    Archive 2009-07-26 Tyler 2009

  • But he’s still behind his daddy in puking on foreign leaders.

    Think Progress » Hannity Claims Bush Never Played Golf During Wartime: He Was ‘Far More In Touch’ Than Obama 2010

  • If I hadn’t been puking from the Darvocet, I’d have kicked his stupid face in.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 2, 2006 2006

  • There’s no shame in puking, but, hey, you set a goal to get through a race sans vomit, you gotta stick with it.

    No Fooling 2003

  • The notion that I’m a world champion is as patently absurd as Iron Maiden, Cinelli is a cool old-skool company to which I want to give mad props, Eddy Merckx is another cool old-skool company and also a guy from the 70s who rode a fixie sometimes, and Black Flag were mostly about suburban alienation, drinking, and puking, which is also what fixed-gear bikes are about now.

    BSNYC Product Review: King Kog Crass T-Shirt BikeSnobNYC 2008

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