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puking

puking is the present participle and gerund of puke.

Meaning of puke

Verb

puke (third-person singular simple present pukes, present participle puking, simple past and past participle puked)

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
    • Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat.
  2. (intransitive, 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.

See all 8 meanings of puke

Noun

puking (plural pukings)

  1. The act of one who pukes or vomits.
    • Of the former I have incontestable proofs in several instances, in the pukings of infants nourished only by breast-milk, which changed blue-paper red, upon being applied to it the moment they were brought off the stomach.1797, Michael Underwood, A treatise on the disorders of childhood, and management of infants from the birth
    • I ask everybody… A waitress, flight attendant… …someone I’m shitting next to on the plane… “You know what my biggest hobby is?” Puking.2024 May 16, very tall bart, [YTP] State of the Union, spoken by Penis Prager (Dennis Prager)

Forms of puking

pluralpukings

Phrases with puking

Questions about puking

What does puking mean?
Puking means the act of one who pukes or vomits.
What is puking the present participle and gerund of?
Puking is the present participle and gerund of puke.
What part of speech is puking?
Puking is a noun.
What is the plural of puking?
The plural of puking is pukings.

Words near puking in the dictionary

  1. puki
  2. pukier
  3. pukiest
  4. pukin'
  5. Pukina
  6. puking
  7. puking one's brains out
  8. puking one's ring
  9. puking up
  10. pukings
  11. pukis

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