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

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“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

“They are weird puking birds with colorful mullets. What’s not to love here?”

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023

"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

They smelled so bad; if feet had taste buds, I’d be puking.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer