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puking

VERB

vomit

Synonyms

STRONG

barf gag heave hurl regurgitate retch spew upchuck

WEAK

be sick bring up chunder cough up do the technicolor yawn get sick spit up throw up toss one's cookies

Example Sentences

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“The breadth collapse you saw wasn’t just retail puking or hedge funds panicking. It was multiple systematic flows all hitting the sell button at roughly the same time, each one amplifying the others,” McGraw wrote.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

Their top red-zone target was limited, and their defensive leader, Kamari Ramsey, was up all night puking.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

"They are weird puking birds with colourful mullets. What's not to love here?"

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

Oliver described pūteketeke, which number less than 1,000 in New Zealand and are also known as the Australasian crested grebe, as “weird, puking birds with colorful mullets.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

She had seen her, quiet and commanding, attend the most difficult births, with the babies upside down or sideways and the mum begging for death and the dad puking in the dooryard.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry