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1. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "you cowardly little pukes!"
   - rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum [N. Amer], crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git [Brit], bugger, slimebag, sleazebag, scuzz [N. Amer], scuzzbucket [N. Amer], ratbag [Brit], scumbag, slimeball, scuzzball [N. Amer], scuzzbag [N. Amer], sleazeball
    
2. The matter ejected in vomiting
   - vomit, vomitus, barf, sick [Brit]

1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students puked"
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, hurl, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]

Derived forms: pukes, puked, puking

See also: puking

Type of: body waste, disagreeable person, egest, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, pass, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Puke