Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive & intransitive verb To vomit or experience vomiting.

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  • noun informal Vomit.
  • verb informal To vomit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Etymologies

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From chuck up.

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Examples

  • Your mama's wiping away the banana with her hand, laughing with the people sitting next to her because baby upchuck is just so adorable.

    If You See Something, Say Something Melissa Swantkowski 2010

  • Ugh, I even thought of the word "upchuck" listening to Lieberman tonight

    JVOICES.COM 2008

  • But its treatment of non-Anglo cultures in its staple romances make me want to upchuck.

    Indymedia, Harlequin, RWA … oh my! — Fusion Despatches 2009

  • Then I would sneak-eat some more before taking laxatives, as well as upchuck like a mofo, and then start smoking even more cigarettes, so that I would eat less, and then smoke pot to quit smoking cigarettes, which just made me hungry.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • She battles to get out from under the mosquito net so she can escape outside and avoid others seeing her upchuck.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • But its short-sighted views on both romance (no icky GLBT or eroticism here!) and technology make me want to upchuck too.

    Indymedia, Harlequin, RWA … oh my! — Fusion Despatches 2009

  • Her whimper turns to a wail and her heaving seems a mix of some frenetic tribal dance and an upchuck.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • But its treatment of non-Anglo cultures in its staple romances make me want to upchuck.

    2009 November — Fusion Despatches 2009

  • She battles to get out from under the mosquito net so she can escape outside and avoid others seeing her upchuck.

    Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

  • But its short-sighted views on both romance (no icky GLBT or eroticism here!) and technology make me want to upchuck too.

    2009 November — Fusion Despatches 2009

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