as in to vomit
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes
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Yet everything about this pallid stunt comedy, from the increasingly gross setpieces (at one point, Barrymore’s Nancy pukes directly into her husband’s mouth) to the wasting of normally great character actors in minor roles (Harvey Fierstein!
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Here’s the play: • Shortly thereafter, however, Williams puked.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
His old friend Nora from his grade school days is in the hospital puking up blood.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
In one scene, Tovmasyan’s character gets his nose broken and then pukes after taking painkillers.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Here’s the play: • Shortly thereafter, however, Williams puked.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 24 July 2024
His old friend Nora from his grade school days is in the hospital puking up blood.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
In one scene, Tovmasyan’s character gets his nose broken and then pukes after taking painkillers.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Puke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puke. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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