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Barf

//bɑːf// intj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An expression of disgust. colloquial

    "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."

Noun
  1. 1
    Vomit. US, colloquial, uncountable
  2. 2
    Acronym of Biologically Appropriate Raw Food or Bones And Raw Food, a raw food diet for dogs or cats. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  3. 3
    the matter ejected in vomiting wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To vomit. US, colloquial
  2. 2
    eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a system: to fail. broadly, intransitive, slang

    "The program barfed as a result of the invalid input."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

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