puking
present participle ofpuke
puke
verb[IorT]
slanguk/pjuːk/us/pjuːk/tovomit:
Thebabypuked all down myshirt.
She puked herdinnerupagain.
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- airsickness
- bring
- bringsomeoneup
- carsick
- carsickness
- chunder
- disgorge
- keepsomethingdown
- nausea
- puke
- regurgitate
- retch
- sicksomethingup
- sick toyourstomachidiom
- sickeningly
- spew
- spew(something)up
- spit(something)up
- travel sickness
- vomit
Idiom
it makes me (want to) puke
Examplesofpuking
puking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead, he described it as a "mewling andpuking" measure.
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Every child, even whilst "mewling andpukingin the nurse's arms," is different, from its very inception, in brains, character, physique and potentiality, from any other child.
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That brings me to the infant, "mewling andpukingin his nurse's arms", who is clearly as vulnerable as it is possible for a visible person to be.
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He finds herpukingand gets her to admit that she cheated and is now pregnant.
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