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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Probably from the sound

puke

1 verb
     
puke1 also puke up [intransitive and transitive] informal
1MI to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth [= vomit]:
He puked all over the carpet.
2

make you (want to) puke

informal to make you feel very angry:
That kind of greed makes me puke!
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