Definition of "puke"

puke¹

/pjuːk/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural pukes
1. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
  Quotations
  the puke saber [...] pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"
  2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber"
2. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
  Quotations
  "at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day."
  1776, Physician Lewis Beebe, Diary of a Revolutionary Army Physician‎
3. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
4. (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
  Quotations
  "Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.
  2009, Clive Scott Chisholm, Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream
verb
third-person singular simple present pukes, present participle puking, simple past and past participle puked
1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  Quotations
  At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
  c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene vii]
2. (intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.

puke²

/pjuːk/

noun
uncountable
1. A fine grade of woolen cloth.
  Quotations
  Puke-stocking caddis garter
  c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iv]
2. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

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