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Webster 1913 Edition

Puke

Puke

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Puked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Puking
.]
[Cf. G.
spucken
to spit, and E.
spew
.]
To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.
The infant
Mewling and
puking
in the nurse’s arms.
Shakespeare

Puke

,
Verb.
T.
To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.

Puke

,
Noun.
A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.

Puke

,
Adj.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
Of a color supposed to be between black and russet.
Shak.
☞ This color has by some been regarded as the same with puce; but Nares questions the identity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Puke

PUKE

,
Verb.
I.
[Heb. to evacuate, to empty; L. vacuo; to burst forth; L. spuo, for spuco,with a prefix. The radical sense is to throw or drive.] To vomit; to eject from the stomach.

PUKE

,
Noun.
A vomit; a medicine which excites vomiting.

PUKE

,
Adj.
Of a color between black and russet.

Definition 2024

puķe

puķe

See also: puke, pūkè, and puķē

Latvian

Noun

puķe f (5th declension)

  1. flower

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