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puke

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4 lettersPronunciation /pjuːk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ekpuStarts with PEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Word origin

Probably imitative; or, alternatively related to Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then related to German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”), Dutch spugen (“to spit, spit up”), German spucken (“to spit, puke, throw up”), and Old English spīwan (“to vomit, spit”). More at spew.

Used in a sentence

  • "at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day."
  • "Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.
  • Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.

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