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chundering

chundering is the present participle and gerund of chunder.

Meaning of chunder

Verb (1)

chunder (third-person singular simple present chunders, present participle chundering, simple past and past participle chundered)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.
    • I come from a land down under / Where beer does flow and men chunder / Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover1980, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, “Down Under”, performed by Men at Work
    Synonyms:
    regurgitate

Verb (2)

chunder (third-person singular simple present chunders, present participle chundering, simple past and past participle chundered)

  1. Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
    • The truck chundered and rattled.2005, Robert Newman, The Fountain at the Centre of the World, page 114
  2. (New-England) To grumble, complain.

See all 6 meanings of chunder

Noun

chundering (plural chunderings)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang) The act of vomiting.
    • […] – you don't get through the average possession without the odd gastric fiesta – but previous chunderings were picnics compared to the . . . the surrealist free-for-all to which I gave myself over that evening in my bathroom.2007, Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

Forms of chundering

pluralchunderings

Questions about chundering

What does chundering mean?
Chundering means the act of vomiting.
What is chundering the present participle and gerund of?
Chundering is the present participle and gerund of chunder.
What part of speech is chundering?
Chundering is a noun.
What is the plural of chundering?
The plural of chundering is chunderings.

Words near chundering in the dictionary

  1. chunder
  2. chunderbannies
  3. chundered
  4. chunderhead
  5. chunderheads
  6. chundering
  7. chunderings
  8. chunderous
  9. chunders
  10. chundole
  11. chundoles

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