See also: Baarf

English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

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Noun

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barf (uncountable)

  1. (US, colloquial) Vomit.

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Verb

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barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed)

  1. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
  2. (computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.
    The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

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  • Dutch: barfen

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Interjection

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barf

  1. (colloquial) An expression of disgust.
    • 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show
      Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you.
      Rigby: Oh, barf.

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Cornish

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barf m

  1. Alternative form of barv

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *barβ, from Latin barba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂. Compare Cornish barv, Breton barv.

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barf f (plural barfau)

  1. beard

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
barf farf marf unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.