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Noun: puke  pyook
Usage: vulgar
  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, scuzzball [N. Amer], scuzzbag [N. Amer], sleazebag, scuzzbucket [N. Amer], scuzz [N. Amer], slimebag, sleazeball, slimeball, scumbag, ratbag [Brit]
     
  2. The matter ejected in vomiting
    - vomit, vomitus, barf, sick [Brit]
Verb: puke  pyook
Usage: vulgar
  1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    - vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]

Derived forms: puked, puking, pukes

See also: puking

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

Encyclopedia: Puke