1. 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 [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, spew [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
    
2. (computing) return an error message or crash
   "The program barfed when I tried to input invalid data"

1. The matter ejected in vomiting
   "The nurse cleaned up the barf from the patient's bed";
   - vomit, vomitus, vom [informal], spew [informal], sick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: barfs, barfed, barfing

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

Encyclopedia: Barf