Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Puke \Puke\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   Of a color supposed to be between black and russet. --Shak.

   Note: This color has by some been regarded as the same with
         puce; but Nares questions the identity.

Puke \Puke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Puking}.] [Cf. G. spucken to spit, and E. spew.]
   To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew.

         The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
                                                  --Shak.

Puke \Puke\, v. t.
   To eject from the stomach; to vomit up.

Puke \Puke\, n.
   A medicine that causes vomiting; an emetic; a vomit.

Source : WordNet®

puke
     n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
          "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw
          the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British
          call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty
          dog}, {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {crumb},
           {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]
     2: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: {vomit}, {vomitus}]
     v : 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" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {cast},
          {sick}, {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch},
          {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate},
          {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]