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barf

verb

ˈbärf

Definition of barf

as in to vomit

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf

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Recent Examples of barf New Royals outfielder Isaac Collins barfed while riding on a roller coaster. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026 Tell your dog to barf on my shoes. — Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2026 Meza barfed during a kickoff, then strapped his helmet on and jogged onto the field to play defensive line, not missing a down. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025 Even when we were lost and confused, pelted by deadly rain, stomped by dragons, and barfed on by evil worms, Elden Ring Nightreign was thrilling. — Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barf

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vomit

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When his parents brought him to an emergency room, his symptoms were vomiting, fatigue, lethargy, and weakness.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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