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to launch one's lunch

to launch one's lunch

9.9
To throw up food you just ate
  • idiom
  • Slang
translation icon : vomitar
  • After drinking too much on the boat, he ended up launching his lunch over the side.

Examples

  • Don't launch your lunch in the car!

  • The ride was so intense that I thought I might launch my lunch.

  • If you feel like you’re going to launch your lunch, let someone know right away.

  • Oh no, I think I'm about to launch my lunch!

  • After drinking too much on the boat, he ended up launching his lunch over the side.

  • If you feel like you’re going to launch your lunch, let someone know right away.

  • The ride was so intense that I thought I might launch my lunch.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto launch one's lunch
  • Informal
296 2.3

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

is a more colorful informal phrase rather than plain everyday speech
to puke
vsto launch one's lunch
  • NSFW
186 6.6

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

is an informal multiword phrase rather than a blunt single word
to be sick
vsto launch one's lunch
109 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is an informal colloquial phrase rather than neutral general usage
to puke up
vsto launch one's lunch
  • Informal
8 8.2

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

is a casual phrase rather than a description focused on eaten food
to chuck
vsto launch one's lunch
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is a lengthier informal phrase rather than a short verb
to blow chunks
vsto launch one's lunch
  • NSFW
6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is an informal phrase that is less focused on extreme force
to ralph
vsto launch one's lunch
  • Slang
4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is a playful multiword alternative rather than a casual name term
to upchuck
vsto launch one's lunch
  • NSFW
3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is a similarly informal phrase but more playful and vivid
to vomit up
vsto launch one's lunch
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is an informal, vivid way to say the same neutral action
to chunder
vsto launch one's lunch
  • Australian
1 9.9

To throw up because you feel sick

is an informal phrase that is more playful than rough slang
to disgorge
vsto launch one's lunch
8.7

To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick

is informal slang rather than a more formal technical term
to puke guts out
vsto launch one's lunch
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is an informal phrase used more generally, not implying extreme violence

Antonyms

to keep down
10 5.9

To stop yourself from throwing up food or drink

Surface Forms

launch one's lunch infinitive
launching one's lunch present participle
launches one's lunch third person singular
launched one's lunch past
launched one's lunch past participle

Morphology

launch + one's + lunch

The verb 'launch' (to send/propel) combined with 'lunch' (a meal) creates a clear metaphor of forcefully ejecting one's meal, so a learner who knows both words could plausibly infer it means to vomit. Because this is an informal/slangy metaphorical extension rather than a literally compositional meaning, it is not fully predictable without exposure and is best classed as semi-transparent.

Etymology

Launch one's lunch paints a clear picture from the words launch (to throw out) and lunch (a meal). One popular image is someone suddenly sending their meal out of their mouth like a small rocket, so the phrase means 'to vomit'.