puke

See also: pūkè, puķe, puķē, and пуке

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pyo͞ok, IPA(key): /pjuːk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːk

Etymology 1

1581, first mention is the derivative pukishness (the tendency to be sick frequently). In 1600, "to spit up, regurgitate", recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pukaną (to spit, puff), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (to blow, swell). If so, then cognate with German pfauchen, fauchen (to hiss, spit). Compare also Dutch spugen (to spit, spit up), German spucken (to spit, puke, throw up), Old English spīwan (to vomit, spit). More at spew.

Noun

puke (countable and uncountable, plural pukes)

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
    • 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"
  2. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
  4. (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
    • 2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream
      "Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.
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Verb

puke (third-person singular simple present pukes, present participle puking, simple past and past participle puked)

  1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  2. (intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

puke (not comparable)

  1. A fine grade of woolen cloth
    1599, William Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV, ii.4
    Puke-stocking caddis garter
  2. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

References

  • wollencloth: Word Detective
  • The Universal Dictionary of English, 1896, 4 vols: "Of a dark colour, said to be between black and russet."

Hawaiian

FWOTD – 12 February 2014

Etymology

Borrowed from English book.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ke/

Noun

puke

  1. book

References

  • Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Fijian buke, Malay bukit).

Noun

puke

  1. (geography) hill

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse púki, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô.

Noun

pūke m

  1. devil, demon

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Descendants

  • Swedish: puke, skråpuk

Tagalog

Noun

puke

  1. vagina, female reproductive system.

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