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Meaning of Puke | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
pjuːk

Definitions

  1. A fine grade of woolen cloth.
    uncountable
  2. vomit.
    colloquial, uncountable
  3. A drug that induces vomiting.
    colloquial, countable
  4. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.
    uncountable
  5. A worthless, despicable person.
    colloquial, countable
  6. A person from Missouri.
    US, countable, derogatory, slang

Equivalents

العربية تقيأ
Bosanski bašča krak roka
Čeština blít zvratky
עברית הקיא
Hrvatski bašča krak roka
Bahasa Indonesia muntah
Íslenska gubb
Italiano vomitare vomito
Kurdî borî borî
Latina vomitus vomo
Lietuvių vemti
Latviešu vemt
Македонски блуе блуење повраќа повраќање
Bahasa Melayu muntah
Nederlands kots kotsen
Polski paw rzygać rzygi
Português vomitar vômito
Română borat bori
Српски bašča krak roka

Examples

“2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber" the puke saber … pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"”
“"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.”
“Puke-stocking caddis garter”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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