barf

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UK/bɑːf/US/bɑɹf/

noun

Vomit.

“The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.”

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crashvomitvomituspukevomit uppurgecastsick
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Meanings

barf1

nounbarf (uncountable)
  1. UScolloquialuncountableVomit.
verbbarf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed)

present singular third person barfs · participle present barfing · participle past barfed · past barfed

  1. UScolloquialTo vomit.
  2. broadlyintransitiveslangcomputingOf a system: to fail.

    The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

    Synonyms: crash

interjection
  1. colloquialAn expression of disgust.

    2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you. Rigby: Oh, barf.

BARF2

nounBARF (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationacronymuncountableAcronym of Biologically Appropriate Raw Food or Bones And Raw Food, a raw food diet for dogs or cats.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbOf a system: to fail.

Similar
crash

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe matter ejected in vomiting

Similar
vomitvomituspuke
Broader
body wasteexcretionexcreta

verbeject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Similar
vomitvomit uppurgecastsickcatbe sickdisgorgeregorgeretchpukespewspuechuckupchuckhonkregurgitatethrow up
Broader
excreteegesteliminate
Also see
be sickbow down before the porcelain godcastcatchuckdisgorgedrive the porcelain busewfaughheavehonkhurlmulticolour yawnpavement pizzapray to the porcelain godpukepurgeregorgeregurgitateretchsickspewspew uptalk to god on the big white telephonetechnicolor yawnthrow uptosstoss one's cookiesughupchuckvomitvomit upvomitusworship the porcelain godworship the porcelain goddessych a fiyuck

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

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Translations

Dutch vastlopen
  • vastlopen(of a software system) fail
French se planter
  • se planter(of a software system) fail
German versagen
  • versagen(of a software system) fail

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with barf

scarfarfBarfftharf
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Sounds the same

Barffbath (non-rhotic, trap–bath split, th-fronting)Barffbath (non-rhotic, trap–bath split, th-fronting)Barffbath (non-rhotic, trap–bath split, th-fronting)

Anagrams

farbfrab
Cite this entry
APA

barf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barf

MLA

“barf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barf. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barf,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barf.

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