puker
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puker (plural pukers)
- Someone who pukes, a vomiter.
- That which causes vomiting.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary:
- With cold solanum from the Pontic shore,
The roots of mandrake and black hellebore,
The griper fenna, and the puker rue
, The sweetner faslafras are added too.
- (broadcasting, slang) A person who caricatures the manner of speech of a disc jockey or announcer, using affected, back-of-the-throat speech that is likened to puking.
- (slang, derogatory) A detestable person.
- 2013, George Steger, Sebastian’s Way: The Pathfinder, page 44:
- He's a weasel, the little puker, and no mistake!