different between larf vs barf

English

Verb

larf (third-person singular simple present larfs, present participle larfin', simple past and past participle larfed)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [19th century to the present]
   • 1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career, chapter 31

     The neighbours described me as "a sorrowful lookin' delicate creetur', that couldn't larf to save her life" […]

Noun

larf (plural larfs)

1. (chiefly Cockney) Pronunciation spelling of laugh. [20th century to the present]

References

• “larf” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd edition; 1989]

Anagrams

• farl

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?rf/
• Hyphenation: larf
• Rhymes: -?rf

Noun

larf f (plural larven, diminutive larfje n)

1. Alternative form of larve.

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??f/
• Rhymes: -??(r)f
• Homophone: Barff

Noun

barf (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) vomit

Translations

Verb

barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
2. (computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.

   The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:regurgitate

Descendants

• Dutch: barfen

Translations

Interjection

barf!

1. An 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.

Anagrams

• farb, frab

Cornish

Noun

barf m

1. Alternative form of barv

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *barv, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin barba, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ard?eh?. Compare Cornish barv, Breton barv.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /barv/

Noun

barf f (plural barfau)

1. beard

Synonyms

• locsyn (North Wales)

Derived terms

• bhen ?r
• barfog

Mutation