puke
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pyo͞ok, IPA(key): /pjuːk/
Audio (US) (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)
- (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"
- 2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber"
- (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
- (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.
- 2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:vomit
- (person) rotter
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Verb
puke (third-person singular simple present pukes, present participle puking, simple past and past participle puked)
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, ii.7
- At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, ii.7
- (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)
- A fine grade of woolen cloth
- 1599, William Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV, ii.4
- Puke-stocking caddis garter
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpu.ke/
References
- Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Fijian buke, Malay bukit).