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upchuck

verb up·chuck \ˈəp-ˌchək\

Definition of UPCHUCK

: vomit

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First Known Use of UPCHUCK

1929

Related to UPCHUCK

Synonyms: barf, gag, heave, hurl, puke, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, vomit

Rhymes with UPCHUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, woodchuck

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