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barfing

verb

present participle of barf

as in vomiting

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth the movie's in-your-face violence made us want to barf

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vomiting

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Robertson said that about two days later, her daughter started vomiting, developed a high fever, and had severe diarrhea.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
That stood out to him clearly in his mind because hours later, his assistant, Brown, was vomiting violently out of the car window on the way back to the airport.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

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