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

“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

Uber and Lyft charge riders from $25 to $150 in cleaning fees for puking incidents, according to a driver writing on Harry Campbell’s the Rideshare Guy website.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2023

Then I picture myself puking all over Trub in the cramped guardhouse.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott