BARF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barf mean? 

• BARF (noun)
  The noun BARF has 1 sense:

1. the matter ejected in vomiting

  Familiarity information: BARF used as a noun is very rare.

• BARF (verb)
  The verb BARF has 1 sense:

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: BARF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The matter ejected in vomiting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

barf; puke; vomit; vomitus

Hypernyms ("barf" is a kind of...):

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

• BARF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up

Context example:

The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Hypernyms (to "barf" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s