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barf

barf

25 8.0
Food or liquid that comes out of the stomach through the mouth when you vomit
  • noun
  • /bɑrf/
  • NSFW
translation icon : vómito
  • You got a water bottle, You got a barf bag?
  • barf bag
  • barf bucket
  • barf smell

You know, the garbage smells like barf and milk.

Examples

  • Could someone bring me another barf cone?

  • I just found my wedding dress covered in barf!

  • Not in a shirt with barf on it?

  • - Dad, you smell like barf.

  • You know, the garbage smells like barf and milk.

  • I hope we don't have to pass out any barf bags.

  • The attendants handed them all barf bags and got out; the door closed, and the cylinder started moving.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • We've got the whole set up here, the pregnancy pillow, the barf pan, you know the drill.

  • Across the aisle from him, a young woman bowed her head into her barf bag and gave back the miserable little snack the airline had recently fed her.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • After the wild party, I woke up to find barf all over the floor.

Synonyms

vomit
vsbarf
  • NSFW
43 2.4

The food and liquid that come up from your stomach

is a more casual spoken word for the same substance
puke
vsbarf
  • NSFW
39 7.6

The food and drink you bring up when you are sick

is more slangy and playful in casual speech than that term
vomitus
vsbarf
  • NSFW
1 9.9

Material from the stomach that comes out of the mouth when someone throws up

is the common informal term used in everyday speech
vomity
vsbarf
  • NSFW
1 9.9

The liquid or food that someone has thrown up

is the informal everyday label rather than a technical term
ralf
vsbarf
  • Offensive
9.9

A pile of sick that a person or animal has thrown up

is the everyday informal name, not a niche slang label

Compounds

barf bag
  • Informal
6 4.7

A small bag to throw up into when you feel sick while traveling

How Disgusting

puke
  • NSFW
39 7.6
barf
  • NSFW
25 8.0
vomit
  • NSFW
43 2.4

Surface Forms

barf singular
barfs plural

Etymology

The noun barf comes from the same informal verb and the same sound idea, so it names the 'matter' someone throws up and means 'vomit'.