puke
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Is puke a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (colloquial, uncountable) vomit.Examples: "2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber" the puke saber … pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting""colloquialuncountable
2. (colloquial, countable) A drug that induces vomiting.Examples: ""at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day.""colloquialcountable
3. (colloquial, countable) A worthless, despicable person.colloquialcountable
4. (US, slang, derogatory, countable) A person from Missouri.Examples: ""Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois."UScountablederogatoryslang
verb (English)
1. (colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.Examples: "Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat."; "At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms"; "I obſerue our Ducheſſe / Is ſicke a dayes, ſhe puykes, her ſtomacke ſeethes, […]"ambitransitivecolloquial
2. (intransitive, finance, slang) To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market.intransitiveslang
Definition source: Wiktionary