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to upchuck

to upchuck

3 8.8
To throw up food and drink from your stomach
  • verb
  • /ˈʌpˌtʃʌk/
  • NSFW
translation icon : vomitar
  • After eating too many snacks, I felt nauseous and thought I might upchuck.

Examples

  • She's gonna upchuck if you don't watch out!

  • He reaches for the garbage can and upchucks again.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I could upchuck right here and now.

  • Frankly, I was afraid she might upchuck or even pass out.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Well, maybe you should stop upchucking after every meal then.

  • My stomach is super full right now, and I almost upchucked it.

    Blog text (9)
  • "Stand at the window and wave to your mother," the neighbor said, and I waited there for a while, trying hard not to upchuck my breakfast oatmeal.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • All that's really important is not upchucking or losing control of your bowels.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • He's not worried about upchucking now; he's got too much work that he wants to do.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Tough guys don't upchuck.

Synonyms

to throw up
vsto upchuck
  • Informal
296 2.3

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

is the informal slang phrase for the same bodily response
to puke
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
186 6.6

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

is the informal way to say that everyday physical action
to vomit
vsto upchuck
148 1.0

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

is the informal, everyday version rather than a clinical or formal term
to be sick
vsto upchuck
109 1.7

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

is the informal expression rather than a polite or formal phrase
to barf
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
38 7.7

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

is the informal word used for that same bodily reaction
to cast
vsto upchuck
  • Archaic
9 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the informal everyday term rather than this slightly old or formal word
to spew
vsto upchuck
  • Informal
9 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the informal action that does not always stress power or force
to puke up
vsto upchuck
  • Informal
8 8.2

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

is the informal general action, not limited to recently eaten food
to chuck
vsto upchuck
  • UK
7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

is the informal general verb for that same action
to puke my guts out
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
7 9.9

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

is the general informal action, not necessarily repeated or extreme
to blow chunks
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the informal action but usually without the heavy force implied here
to regurgitate
vsto upchuck
5 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

is the general informal human action, not specific to food or animal feeding
to ralph
vsto upchuck
  • Slang
4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is the informal casual term used for that action
to honk
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is the informal verb commonly used in ordinary speech rather than only slang
to vomit up
vsto upchuck
  • Informal
3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is the informal phrase used more casually than this slightly formal description
to sick
vsto upchuck
1 7.4

To throw up

is the more informal and casual way to describe that action
to boke
vsto upchuck
  • Slang
1 9.9

To throw up when you feel sick

is the general informal term not limited to British usage
to chunder
vsto upchuck
  • Australian
1 9.9

To throw up because you feel sick

is the informal general word rather than a regionally specific one
to spue
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

is limited to the stomach content action rather than multiple mouth expulsions
to launch one's lunch
vsto upchuck
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up food you just ate

is the simple informal verb for the same act, not a playful phrase
to puke guts out
vsto upchuck
  • NSFW
9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is the general informal action without necessary violent force or volume
to disgorge
vsto upchuck
8.7

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

is the informal human focused word rather than broad or formal usage
to regorge
vsto upchuck
9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is the informal, everyday word rather than the more formal or literary term

Antonyms

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

20 1.0

A small amount of food or drink taken into the throat at once

How Intense

to spew
  • Informal
9 5.7
vomit
  • NSFW
52 2.3
to upchuck
  • NSFW
3 8.8
to retch
9 7.2

Surface Forms

upchuck infinitive
upchucked past
upchucked past participle
upchucking present participle
upchucks third person singular

Morphology

upchuck = chuck (transparent) = up + chuck

Formed by productive 'up-' + 'chuck' (throw); meaning 'throw up' (vomit) is a direct colloquial extension and follows regular English patterning.

Etymology

Upchuck comes from two simple words, up and chuck ('to throw'). Think of it as literally 'throw up', so upchuck is a joking, informal way to say 'vomit'.