puke

plural pukes

1. colloquialuncountablevomit.

   2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber" the puke saber … pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"

2. colloquialcountableA drug that induces vomiting.

   "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. colloquialcountableA worthless, despicable person.
4. UScountablederogatoryslangA person from Missouri.

   "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

present singular third person pukes · participle present puking · participle past puked · past puked

1. ambitransitivecolloquialTo vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

   Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.

   2 more examples

   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, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]

   I obſerue our Ducheſſe / Is ſicke a dayes, ſhe puykes, her ſtomacke ſeethes, […]

   1612–1613 (date written), John Webster, The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy. […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1623, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, recto

2. intransitiveslangbusinessTo 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.

1. uncountableA fine grade of woolen cloth.

   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, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]

2. uncountableA very dark, dull, brownish-red color.