puke
English
/pjuːk/
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) vomit.
- (colloquial) A drug that induces vomiting.
- (colloquial) A worthless, despicable person.
- (US) A person from Missouri.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *pukaną (puff, spit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (swell, blow, swelling, owl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bew-
Gloss
swell, blow, swelling, owl
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
梟
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- face English
- hole English
- pukeball English
- pukeface English
- pukefest English
- pukehole English
- puker English
- pukestain English
- puketastic English
- pukewad English
- pukeworthy English
- pukey English
- pukish English
- stain English
- *pikk Latin
- bulla Latin
- bullio Latin
- buteo Latin
- buttis Latin
- pittitus Latin
- anspucken German
- ausspucken German
- bespucken German
- fauchen German
- spucken German
- spugen Dutch, Flemish
- uitspugen Dutch, Flemish
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bolno- Proto-Indo-European
- *pikkōną Proto-Germanic
- *pukaną Proto-Germanic
- *pukkaz Proto-Germanic
- *pukkô Proto-Germanic
- *pusōną Proto-Germanic
- *spīwaną Proto-Germanic
- spīwan Old English
- spewen Middle English
- *pfūhhan Old High German
- bura Latvian
- pfūchen Middle High German
- buller Scots
- 𐭡𐭥𐭯 Middle Persian
- *burā- bat-pro