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Synonyms for barf


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahrf
Phonetic Transcription : bɑrf

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Définition of barf

Origin :
  • "to vomit or retch,"1960, American English slang, probably imitative. Related: Barfed; barfing. As a noun, from 1966. Barf bag "air sickness pouch" attested from 1966.
  • As in puke : verb vomit
  • As in throw up : verb regurgitate
Example sentences :
  • "I ain't had a barf since Gravesend," said Dickie, and flushed at the indiscretion.
  • Extract from : « Harding's luck » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
  • Barf Latrigg was sixty then, turning a bit gray, but able to shear with any man they could put against him.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Yes, yes; Barf is as happy as a boy now, but I remember when he was back-set and fore-set with trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Barf had lost his sight when I got there; but he knew my voice, and he asked me to lay my face against his face.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Barf's married daughters had their portions long ago, but he left each of them three hundred pounds as a good-will token.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Charlotte, I have been coming to Barf Latrigg's shearings for about half a century.
  • Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

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