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Puke vs Chunder - What's the difference?

puke | chunder |

As nouns the difference between puke and chunder

is that puke is (uncountable) vomit while chunder is (australia|new zealand|slang) vomit.

As verbs the difference between puke and chunder

is that puke is (transitive|and|intransitive) to vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach while chunder is (australia|new zealand|slang) to vomit or chunder can be (of a vehicle) to rumble loudly, to roar.

As an adjective puke

is a fine grade of woolen cloth.

puke

English

Etymology 1

1581, first mention is the derivative . More at (l).

Noun

  • (uncountable) vomit.
  • * 2007', '''', The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the ' puke saber"
    • the puke saber [...] pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"
  • (countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
  • (countable) A worthless, despicable person.
    • Synonyms
    * See * (person) rotter

    Verb

    (puk)
  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  • * 1599 ,
    • At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
    Synonyms
    * See
    Derived terms
    * puker

    Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A fine grade of woolen cloth
    • 1599 ,
  • :* Puke -stocking caddis garter
  • A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

    • References

    * wollencloth: Word Detective * The Universal Dictionary of English, 1896, 4 vols: "Of a dark colour, said to be between black and russet." ----

    chunder

    English

    Etymology 1

    Recorded from 1950. Probably from the cartoon character Chunder Loo of Akim Foo'', drawn by for a series of boot-polish advertisements in the early 1900s. Some sources hold that ''Chunder Loo was rhyming slang for spew, but the usage is not recorded.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Vomit.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Nose Chunder (was Re: Grogan Epidemic at ERR) , group=alt.tasteless , author=Andrew Shore , date=April 24 , year=1996 , passage=I had puke streamers hanging from both nostrils; it wasn?t as watery as my chunder usually is (from drinking). citation
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) An act of vomiting.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=‘chunder’ , group=alt.usage.english , author=John Dean , date=September 9 , year=2001 , passage=I would guess it points up the difference between the involuntary chunder' where you cannot choose the time place or direction, and the self-induced ' chunder which facilitates further consumption of alcohol after your theoretical limit is reached. citation
    Synonyms
    * See

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To vomit.
  • * 2008 , Isabelle Young, Tony Gherardin, Central and South America , , page 70,
    • There are plenty of winding roads, diesel fumes, crowded public transport and various less than sweet odours to get you chundering when you?re on the move in this part of the world, so take a good supply of motion sickness remedies if you know you?re susceptible to this.
  • * 2009 , William Efford, Picaroon , page 313,
    • “You might have chundered ,” said Kate, laughing, “but at least you didn?t get any on yourself—sign of a true lady.”
  • * 2010 , Norman Jorgensen, Jack?s Island , page 3,
    • Pretty soon just about everyone onboard was leaning over the rail chundering like sick dogs.
    Synonyms
    * See

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps by confusion with (chunter)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a vehicle) To rumble loudly, to roar.
  • * 2005 , Robert Newman, The Fountain at the Centre of the World , page 114,
    • The truck chundered and rattled.
  • * 2007 , George Melnyk, Great Canadian Film Directors , page 215,
    • As their rented van chunders along the highway, John?s voiceover is heard, contemplating the compulsion that drives men to continue using juvenile punk monikers into their mid-thirties.
  • * 2008 , Jill Dickin Schinas, A Family Outing in the Atlantic , page 156,
    • He taxied his plane carefully to the end of the strip and then went further on, into the rough grass. Then, with full flap and maximum throttle, he came chundering along towards us.

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