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
But there the then-junior was at 5 a.m. on the morning of Hopkins’ title tilt against Stillwater, puking.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Diarrhea out of your butt and puke out of your mouth.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Imagine trying to puke being stapled top to bottom.
—Shannin Desroches, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The people seated on both sides of me walked out even before a character puked on the camera lens.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Diarrhea out of your butt and puke out of your mouth.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Imagine trying to puke being stapled top to bottom.
—Shannin Desroches, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
The people seated on both sides of me walked out even before a character puked on the camera lens.
—Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puke
vomit
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Then, the other person came into the store and told her Jose was vomiting blood, according to the court records.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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Without the compounds in ayahuasca that slow the breakdown of DMT in your body—or the ones that notoriously make ayahuasca drinkers vomit—the substance flashes through the brain at turbo speed.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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“Puke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puke. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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