puking

Other forms of puking

plural

pukings·

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 puking

What does puking mean?

puking means "the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth".

How many syllables are in puking?

puking has 2 syllables: pu-king. The stress falls on "pu". In IPA it is /ˈpjuˌkɪŋ/.

What is another word for puking?

Close synonyms include vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement. 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 puking a common word?

puking 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.

What rhymes with puking?

4 words rhyme with puking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.