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puke
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pyo?ok, IPA(key): /pju?k/
- Rhymes: -u?k
Etymology 1
1581, first mention is the derivative pukishness (“the tendency to be sick frequently”). In 1600, "to spit up, regurgitate", recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pukan? (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then cognate with German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”). Compare also Dutch spugen (“to spit, spit up”), German spucken (“to spit, puke, throw up”), Old English sp?wan (“to vomit, spit”). More at spew.
Noun
puke (countable and uncountable, plural pukes)
- (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.
- 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"
- 2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber"
- (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
- 1776, Physician Lewis Beebe, Diary of a Revolutionary Army Physician"
- "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"
- (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.
- (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:vomit
- (person) rotter
Translations
Verb
puke (third-person singular simple present pukes, present participle puking, simple past and past participle puked)
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, ii.7
- At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, ii.7
- (intransitive, finance, slang) To 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.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:regurgitate
Derived terms
- puker
Translations
Etymology 2
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Noun
puke (not comparable)
- A fine grade of woolen cloth.
- A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.
References
- wollencloth: Word Detective
- The Universal Dictionary of English, 1896, 4 vols: "Of a dark colour, said to be between black and russet."
Hawaiian
Etymology
Borrowed from English book.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pu.ke/
Noun
puke
- book
References
- Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Fijian buke, Malay bukit).
Noun
puke
- (geography) hill
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse púki, from Proto-Germanic *p?kô.
Noun
p?ke m
- devil, demon
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: puke, skråpuk
Tagalog
Noun
puke
- vagina, female reproductive system.
Synonyms
- kiki
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puku
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pu?ku?/
- Hyphenation: pu?ku
Etymology 1
Noun
puku (plural pukus)
- A small antelope found in Central Africa (Kobus vardonii)
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Maori puku.
Noun
puku (plural pukus)
- (New Zealand) The belly.
- 2011, Anahera Gildea, Anita Tipene, Ann French, Huia Short Stories 9: Contemporary Maori Fiction (volume 9)
- He groaned loud with his mouth open. Then he wet himself. And then he rolled over on to his puku.
- 2011, Anahera Gildea, Anita Tipene, Ann French, Huia Short Stories 9: Contemporary Maori Fiction (volume 9)
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?puku/, [?puku]
- Rhymes: -uku
- Syllabification: pu?ku
Etymology 1
puk- +? -u
Noun
puku
- suit, dress
- attire, outfit
- (in compounds) changing (of clothes), e.g. in pukukoppi (“changing cubicle”) or pukuhuone (“changing room, locker room”).
Declension
Synonyms
- asu
Derived terms
- pukuilla
- -pukuinen
- puvustaa
Compounds
Related terms
- pukea
- pukeutua
Etymology 2
From Zulu mpuku.
Noun
puku
- puku (antelope Kobus vardonii)
Declension
Anagrams
- kupu
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese pouco. Cognate with Kabuverdianu poku.
Pronoun
puku
- few
Ingrian
Noun
puku
- dress
Italian
Noun
puku m (invariable)
- puku (Kobus vardonii)
Further reading
- puku in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Maori
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?k?/
Noun
puku
- (anatomy) stomach, belly
Northern Sotho
Etymology
Borrowed from English book.
Noun
puku
- book
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?ku/
Adjective
puku
- long, elongate
References
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.
Tsou
Noun
puku
- owl
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