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barf

(bärf)

tr. & intr.v. barfed, barf·ing, barfs Slang

To vomit.

[Probably imitative.]

barf n.

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barf

(bɑːf)

vb (tr)

to vomit

1. the act of vomiting

2. the matter ejected in vomiting

[C20: probably of imitative origin]

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barf

(bɑrf)

v.i., v.t.
n.

Slang. vomit.

[1945–50, Amer.; of imitative orig.]

barf

Past participle: barfed
Gerund: barfing

Imperative
barf
barf

Present
I barf
you barf
he/she/it barfs
we barf
you barf
they barf

Preterite
I barfed
you barfed
he/she/it barfed
we barfed
you barfed
they barfed

Present Continuous
I am barfing
you are barfing
he/she/it is barfing
we are barfing
you are barfing
they are barfing

Present Perfect
I have barfed
you have barfed
he/she/it has barfed
we have barfed
you have barfed
they have barfed

Past Continuous
I was barfing
you were barfing
he/she/it was barfing
we were barfing
you were barfing
they were barfing

Past Perfect
I had barfed
you had barfed
he/she/it had barfed
we had barfed
you had barfed
they had barfed

Future
I will barf
you will barf
he/she/it will barf
we will barf
you will barf
they will barf

Future Perfect
I will have barfed
you will have barfed
he/she/it will have barfed
we will have barfed
you will have barfed
they will have barfed

Future Continuous
I will be barfing
you will be barfing
he/she/it will be barfing
we will be barfing
you will be barfing
they will be barfing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been barfing
you have been barfing
he/she/it has been barfing
we have been barfing
you have been barfing
they have been barfing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been barfing
you will have been barfing
he/she/it will have been barfing
we will have been barfing
you will have been barfing
they will have been barfing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been barfing
you had been barfing
he/she/it had been barfing
we had been barfing
you had been barfing
they had been barfing

Conditional
I would barf
you would barf
he/she/it would barf
we would barf
you would barf
they would barf

Past Conditional
I would have barfed
you would have barfed
he/she/it would have barfed
we would have barfed
you would have barfed
they would have barfed

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Noun	1.	barf - the matter ejected in vomiting vomit, vomitus, puke body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Verb	1.	barf - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

Translations

kotzen

barf

[bɑːf] VI (US) → vomitar, arrojar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

barf

[ˈbɑː^rf] (mainly US) vi (= vomit) → dégueuler

barf

(esp US inf)

vi → kotzen (inf)

n → Kotze f (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

barf

(fam o vulg) V. vomit.

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