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to boke

to boke

1 9.9
To throw up when you feel sick
  • verb
  • /bəʊk/
  • Slang
translation icon : vomitar
  • She always feels like she might boke after a roller coaster ride.

Examples

  • After eating that undercooked fish, I felt like I was going to boke any minute.

  • You make me want to boke, I said, but I was playing for time, looking to find a way out of what was going on.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The smell of the rotten eggs made him boke right there on the sidewalk.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto boke
  • Informal
296 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is the British slang label rather than neutral speech
to puke
vsto boke
  • NSFW
186 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the same action but marked as British slang
to vomit
vsto boke
148 1.0

To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth

is the informal British slang version of that action
to barf
vsto boke
  • NSFW
38 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is similar but specifically identified as British slang
to puke up
vsto boke
  • Informal
8 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

describes vomiting generally without focusing on recent food
to chuck
vsto boke
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the British slang equivalent used in similar casual settings
to puke my guts out
vsto boke
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

covers vomiting in general rather than repeated violent episodes
to blow chunks
vsto boke
  • NSFW
6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the British slang term without the extra violent emphasis
to honk
vsto boke
  • NSFW
4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is the British slang variant rather than general slang
to upchuck
vsto boke
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the same idea but labelled British slang
to vomit up
vsto boke
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the informal British slang term for that process
to chunder
vsto boke
  • Australian
1 9.9

To throw up because you feel sick

is the same British slang with similar casual tone
to puke guts out
vsto boke
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

refers to the same act without stressing violent intensity

How Formal

to vomit
148 1.0
to be sick
109 1.7
to throw up
  • Informal
296 2.3
to boke
  • Slang
1 9.9
to puke
  • NSFW
186 6.6
to chuck
  • UK
7 9.6

Surface Forms

boke infinitive
boked past
boked past participle
boking present participle
bokes third person singular

Etymology

Boke as a verb meaning 'to vomit' is British slang, and a helpful way to remember it is that it sounds a little like 'choke' and describes the sudden, unpleasant act of throwing up.