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upchuck

verb

ˈəp-ˌchək

Definition of upchuck

as in to vomit

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth a speaker so nervous that he had upchucked backstage

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Recent Examples of upchuck The two men clash but then go on to respect each other after Emma takes a chunk of a scalp from a nun, upchucks some weird-looking goo and then taunts/terrorizes those around her. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 6 June 2025 Fans of Pitch Perfect, which famously begins with Camp's Aubrey profusely upchucking all over the crowd at the a cappella finals, will be, if not delighted, at least amused to know that her new film, Bride Hard, begins in much the same way. — Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025

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vomit

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And Sydney vomiting out the news of Carmy’s departure is definitely something.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Stephanie Franklin, the mother of a close friend of Benning, took multiple photos of the apartment while wearing gloves and removed a bed comforter that Benning had vomited on.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

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