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puking

puking

3 7.5
An action of pushing food and drink out through the mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈpjuːkɪŋ/
  • Informal
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  • His friend's puking sure came at an opportune time.

Like I couldn't move or do anything without puking.

Examples

  • - No more puking.

    Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

  • The child was afraid he would get in trouble for puking in the schoolyard.

  • Trey I know what puking is.

    25 Hill (2011)

  • She's in a puking phase.

    Life As We Know It (2010)

  • Puking doesn't disqualify!

    American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007)

  • At 9 weeks, I have lost 11 lbs due to complete inability to keep down anything solid (and that's with medication to control the puking), and I've learned to love protein shakes with a passion formerly reserved for triple chocolate cake with extra caramel ice cream.

    Blog text (13)

  • After a long night of partying, he spent the morning dealing with constant puking.

  • Due to the food poisoning, puking became an unavoidable part of her day.

Synonyms

vomit
vspuking
  • NSFW
52 2.3

An action of forcing stomach contents up through the mouth

is the everyday, informal label for that reflex act
vomiting
vspuking
7 2.0

To force food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth

is the informal, common word for that same act
emesis
vspuking
  • Specialized
4 9.9

The act of forcing food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth

is the plain everyday expression rather than the medical word
keck
vspuking
  • UK
1 9.9

A sudden small movement that tries to bring food up from the stomach

describes the general act without implying sudden or regional use
disgorgement
vspuking
1 9.9

The action of throwing up the food and liquid from your stomach

is the regular, everyday description rather than this rarer term
vomity
vspuking
  • NSFW
1 9.9

The liquid or food that someone has thrown up

focuses specifically on the act of ejecting stomach contents
regurgitation
vspuking
1 8.4

Swallowed food or drink comes back up into the mouth, often without control

covers general stomach content ejection, not only swallowed items

Antonyms

ingestion
12 4.1

Taking food or drink into the body through the mouth

Surface Forms

puking singular
pukings plural

Morphology

puking = puke (transparent) = puke + ing

The word 'puking' is transparently derived from 'puke' with the addition of the gerund suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

Puking comes from the simple verb puke, which long ago meant 'to vomit'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of puke as a short, noisy word that copies the sick sound of throwing up, so puking still means the act of throwing up.