as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes
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Recent Examples of puke
And there are active pages on Bandcamp that have adopted the same skeevy tactics that grifters use on Spotify and YouTube; across a few months last year, the account Cyberfunk Station puked out over 30 albums packed with barely distinguishable, nimble disco grooves.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
Investigators said the shooting occurred after Trujillo-Falcon argued with Chavez, who threatened to puke on a grave at Crown Hill Cemetery during a memorial service for his friend.
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Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
Megan couldn't choke down a single sip of the chicken smoothie and almost puked in the sink after trying it.
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Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Annabelle wants souls, demons possess you by puking into your mouth, and no powers of darkness are stronger than the love between spooky mom and dad, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
Investigators said the shooting occurred after Trujillo-Falcon argued with Chavez, who threatened to puke on a grave at Crown Hill Cemetery during a memorial service for his friend.
—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
Megan couldn't choke down a single sip of the chicken smoothie and almost puked in the sink after trying it.
—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
Annabelle wants souls, demons possess you by puking into your mouth, and no powers of darkness are stronger than the love between spooky mom and dad, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puke
vomit
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And Sydney vomiting out the news of Carmy’s departure is definitely something.
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Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.
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“Puke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puke. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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