Antonyms for barf
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahrf |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɑrf |
Definition of barf
Origin :- "to vomit or retch,"1960, American English slang, probably imitative. Related: Barfed; barfing. As a noun, from 1966. Barf bag "air sickness pouch" attested from 1966.
- As in puke : verb vomit
- As in throw up : verb regurgitate
- "I ain't had a barf since Gravesend," said Dickie, and flushed at the indiscretion.
- Extract from : « Harding's luck » by E. [Edith] Nesbit
- Barf Latrigg was sixty then, turning a bit gray, but able to shear with any man they could put against him.
- Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Yes, yes; Barf is as happy as a boy now, but I remember when he was back-set and fore-set with trouble.
- Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Barf had lost his sight when I got there; but he knew my voice, and he asked me to lay my face against his face.
- Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Barf's married daughters had their portions long ago, but he left each of them three hundred pounds as a good-will token.
- Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- Charlotte, I have been coming to Barf Latrigg's shearings for about half a century.
- Extract from : « The Squire of Sandal-Side » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Synonyms for barf
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