1. [vulgar] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students puked";
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], 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. (finance) sell an asset at a loss; fall in price
   "Investors puked their tech stocks when the market crashed"; "The cryptocurrency puked 30% of its value overnight"

1. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "you cowardly little pukes!";
   - rotter [Brit, informal], dirty dog [informal], rat [informal], skunk [informal], stinker [informal], stinkpot [N. Amer, informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], crumb [N. Amer, informal], lowlife [informal], so-and-so [informal], git [Brit, informal], scumbag [informal], swine [informal], scuzz [N. Amer, informal], sod [Brit, informal], sleazeball [informal], scuzzbucket [N. Amer, informal], sleazebag [informal], scuzzball [N. Amer, informal], sleazebucket [informal], slimebag [informal], slimeball [informal], toad [informal], dirtbag [US, informal], toerag [Brit, informal], scuzzbag [N. Amer, informal], ratbag [Brit, informal]
    
2. The matter ejected in vomiting
   "The nurse cleaned up the puke from the patient's bed";
   - vomit, vomitus, barf [informal], vom [informal], spew [informal], sick [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: puked, pukes, puking

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

Encyclopedia: Puke, Albania