Hypertext Webster Gateway: "puke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puke \Puke\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. --Shak.
Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with
puce; but Nares questions the identity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puke \Puke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puking}.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.]
To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puke \Puke\, v. t.
To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Puke \Puke\, n.
A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
puke
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw
the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!" [syn: {rotter},
{rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {crumb},
{lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}]
2: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: {vomit}, {vomitus}]
v : eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit
up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge},
{regorge}, {retch}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck},
{honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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