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# puke

«puke» in Mova's school dictionary: **to vomit, to be sick** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (puke, pukes, puked, puking) — slang; noun (puke) — slang

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang) To puke is to vomit, to be sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#m1)

2) (slang) Puke is vomit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#m2)

3) (slang) «Makes me want to puke» means something is disgusting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

This is casual, a bit rude slang, common among children and teenagers. Polite words: «be sick» (UK), «throw up» (informal), «vomit» (formal or medical). In stories it shows a character's casual or gross talk. Phrases: «puke up», «make me puke».

### examples

- (slang) I puked after the roller coaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x1)
- (slang) There was puke on the bus floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x2)
- (slang) That smell makes me want to puke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x3)
- (slang) The baby puked on Dad's shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x4)
- (slang) Don't eat so fast or you'll puke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x5)
- (polite, UK) I was sick in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x6)
- (formal) The patient vomited twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x7)
- (slang) He puked up his dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/#x8)

### note

Slang; avoid with teachers or in formal writing. Regular verb: puked. Safety: if someone keeps vomiting, tell an adult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «puke» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puke/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.