Puke

Pronunciation

• enPR: pyoÍžok, IPA: /pjuːk/
• Rhymes: -uːk

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 *beu- ("to blow, swell"). If so, then cognate with German 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.

Full definition of puke

Noun

1. (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. (countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
3. (countable) A worthless, despicable person.

Synonyms

• See
• (person) rotter

Verb

1. (transitive and intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms

Synonyms

• See

Derived terms

• puker

Adjective

1. A fine grade of woolen cloth1599, William Shakespeare,
• Puke-stocking caddis garter
2. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.