Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To vomit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bargh .
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- noun US, colloquial
vomit - verb US, colloquial To
vomit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We mixed it up in a meausureing cup (the hotdog had to be kind of mushed up first * barf, barf*) and poured it into a shot glass which we passed around and had to take a drink out of it.
super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006
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Now my hot pocket is in barf form and all over the keyboard. freemachine
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So when I step in barf, or someone pukes right on my face, like Curly Girl did the other night, I wind up thinking oh yuck but that’s usually pretty much overshadowed by how panicked and paranoid I feel afterwards.
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Well, since it's Oprah country, I'd say it tastes like old fish marinated in barf.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Designed like a flashlight, this light saber (also dubbed a barf beamer and a puke saber) is intended to totally incapacitate its targets by emitting multiple light frequencies and colors that confuse the brain, resulting in symptoms ranging from discomfort and disorientation to temporary blindness and nausea.
John W. Whitehead: Compliance Weapons: One Step Closer to a Police State? 2008
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To commemorate the mega-non-event, graphic designer Lydia Leith has created "sick bags" - yes, the bags that airline passengers in the U.S. commonly refer to as "barf bags."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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There is a brand of soap and detergent produced in Iran that has "barf" as its label.
Measuring the Moon's Eccentricity at Home | Universe Today 2010
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To go off on a linguistic tangent, in Farsi the word for snow is pronounced "barf".
Measuring the Moon's Eccentricity at Home | Universe Today 2010
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That second to last picture is just 'barf' but I'm not sure why ...
oh happy pictures! Lindsey 2009
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The problem with the Free Republic is being a hyper-patriot and using "barf" as your reaction to everything.
Chris Kelly: Free Republic Brings You the News (BARF ALERT!) 2008
whichbe commented on the word barf
Bark + Arf
October 24, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word barf
Means "snow" in Farsi.
September 6, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word barf
The word in Persian for "snow" does not sound like "barf" (to throw up.)
Listen to pronunciation.
September 6, 2010
bilby commented on the word barf
*throws barfball at frogapplause*
September 6, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word barf
*Hahork*
September 6, 2010
dontcry commented on the word barf
*HORK*
September 11, 2010
yarb commented on the word barf
dontcry horking like it's 1999
September 11, 2010
bilby commented on the word barf
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release
September 14, 2011
bilby commented on the word barf
I like release at the bottom of that list. It's very demure, in a Britsh kind of way.
- How was your evening at the gentleman's club, Withers?
+ Capital. After several hours of conviviality I found considerable release.
September 14, 2011
MIRIAMKELLYDUNCAN commented on the word barf
to vomit or toss your cookies
September 15, 2011
alexz commented on the word barf
according to twitter, Farsi and Hindi word for snow.
November 6, 2017