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Definition: Upchuck |
UpchuckVerb1. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: UpchuckSynonyms: barf (v), be sick (v), cast (v), cat (v), chuck (v), disgorge (v), honk (v), puke (v), regorge (v), regurgitate (v), retch (v), sick (v), spew (v), spue (v), throw up (v), vomit (v), vomit up (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: keep down (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ejection | Vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Oh, uh, sorry, Upchuck. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) That's another habit that'll lead to blindness, Upchuck. (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) Other than my upchuck reflex, nothing. (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith) | |
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 | Vomit; regurgitate; regurgitating; barf; be seasick; be sick; belch; bring up; disgorge; dry heave; emit; expel; gag; heave; hurl; keck; lose it; puke; regurgitate; retch; ruminate; spew; spit up; throw up; upchuck. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
upchuck | 16 |
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Arabic | قاء, تقيأ (disgorge, gag, heave, puke, regurgitate, reject, retch, spew, throw up, vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vomir (bring up, heave up, throw up), dégueuler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erbrechen (be sick, bring up, force, puke, regorge, regurgitate, regurgitation, sickness, throw up, vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"קיא (disgorge, puke, spew, throw up, vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | küzdelem feladása, hiány (absence, blank, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, deprivation, failure, hiatus, lack, missing, missing link, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, want, wastage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vòmito (regurgitate, regurgitation, vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckupchay страдать рвотой. (various references) vomitar a uno (puke, spew). (various references) kusmak (bring up, cast, disgorge, feed the fishes, heave, puke, reject, spew, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spue, spue forth, spue out, spue up, throw up, vomit), kusarak çıkarmak. (various references) блювати (belch, cascade, keck, puke, retch, sick up, spew, spue, throw up, vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "upchuck": upchucked, upchucking, upchucks. (additional references) | |
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"Upchuck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cupchik, Puchacz, Puchazc. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-h-k-p-u-u" | |
-2 letters: chuck. | |
-3 letters: huck, puck. | |
-4 letters: cup, hup. | |
-5 letters: uh, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-h-k-p-u-u" | |
+1 letter: upchucks. | |
+2 letters: upchucked. | |
+3 letters: upchucking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 70 63 68 75 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- .--. -.-. .... ..- -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01110000 01100011 01101000 01110101 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U p c h u c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 0070 0063 0068 0075 0063 006B |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55826974876977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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