yuke

uke

informal A shortening of "ukulele." I used to love playing the uke in college. We're going to a ukulele festival this weekend. All the best uke players from around the country will be there!

yuke

slang To vomit. I thought I was going to yuke over the side of the boat from the way it was pitching to and fro. She finished the race and promptly yuked up her lunch.

yuke up

slang To vomit something out of one's stomach. A noun or pronoun can be used between "yuke" and "up." You're going to yuke all that candy up if you go on one of those big roller coasters! The dog yuked up the blueberry pie that it had eaten off the counter. I was so embarrassed about yuking dinner up in front of my date that I never called her again.

See also: up, yuke

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uke

and yuke (juk)

1. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (see also puke.) I think somebody yuked in the backseat, Tom.

2. n. vomit. (Collegiate.) Tell me that the stuff in the backseat isn’t uke!

yuke

verb

See uke

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