barf

See also: Baarf

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːf/
• IPA^(key): /bɑɹf/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)f

Noun

barf (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) vomit

Translations

vomit — see vomit

Verb

barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
2. (computing, slang, intransitive) Of a system: to fail.

   The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:regurgitate

Descendants

• Dutch: barfen

Translations

vomit — see vomit

Interjection

barf!

1. An expression of disgust.
   • 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show

     Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you.

     Rigby: Oh, barf.

Anagrams

• farb, frab

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Cornish

Noun

barf m

1. Alternative form of barv

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *barv, from Latin barba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂. Compare Cornish barv, Breton barv.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /barv/

Noun

barf f (plural barfau)

1. beard

Derived terms

• barfog

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
barf	farf	marf	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.