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to want to puke

to want to puke

12 8.4
To feel like you are going to throw up
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
: tener ganas de vomitar
  • The sight of the spoiled food made me want to puke.
  • makes me want to puke

Boom you happy Last day I'm I just want to puke.

Examples

Synonyms

to gag
vsto want to puke
53 5.1

To feel like you will throw up when something touches your throat

is mainly an internal feeling of strong nausea rather than a throat reflex
to retch
vsto want to puke
19 7.2

To make a strong, uncontrolled effort to vomit, sometimes bringing up food from your stomach

is a felt nausea without necessarily forcing physical vomiting
to heave
vsto want to puke
6 6.7

To try to vomit and make a retching sound

is a strong internal nausea and disgust feeling rather than a physical effort

How Nauseated

to want to puke
  • Informal
12 8.4
nauseated
13 4.5
sick
17 1.0
queasy
19 4.8

Surface Forms

want to puke infinitive
wanted to puke past
wanted to puke past participle
wanting to puke present participle
wants to puke third person singular

Morphology

want + to + puke

The meaning 'to feel like vomiting' is directly compositional from 'want' (to wish) + the infinitival marker 'to' + 'puke' (to vomit), so a learner who knows the constituents can derive the overall meaning. This follows a common desire + infinitive pattern found across languages; although 'puke' is informal, the semantic relation is transparent to a B1 learner familiar with the verb.

Etymology

Want to puke gives a strong image: something makes your stomach turn and you feel you must puke, that is, 'vomit'. That's why it means 'to feel very sick or very disgusted'.