barf

Other forms of barf

plural

barfs·

past tense

barfed·

present participle

barfing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about barf

What does barf mean?

barf means "the matter ejected in vomiting". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in barf?

barf has 1 syllable: barf. In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹf/.

What is another word for barf?

Close synonyms include vomit, vomitus, puke, vomit, vomit up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is barf a common word?

barf is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.