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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
n
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.]
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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
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.barf - the matter ejected in vomitingbarf - the matter ejected in vomiting  
body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Verb1.barf - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouthbarf - 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"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
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Translations

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

[ˈbɑːrf] (mainly US) vi (= vomit) → dégueuler
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

barf

(esp US inf)
vikotzen (inf)
nKotze 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.
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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