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1. [informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students barfed";
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick, disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up, vom [informal], keck [informal], hurl [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], chunder [Brit, informal], boke [UK, dialect], boak [UK, dialect]
    
2. (computing, informal) return an error message or crash

1. The matter ejected in vomiting
   - vomit, vomitus, vom [informal], spew [informal], sick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: barfing, barfed, barfs

Type of: body waste, egest, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, pass

Antonym: keep down

Encyclopedia: Barf