pukey

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English

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Etymology

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From puke +‎ -y.

Adjective

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pukey (comparative pukier, superlative pukiest)

  1. (informal) Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
    • 2007, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, Foreign Exposure: The Social Climber Abroad:
      The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast.
  2. (informal) Inclined to vomit; sick.
    • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
      His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
    • 2005, Rebecca Eckler, Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-be:
      There's no way he'd allow a dog on his couch or on his 500-thread-count sheets, let alone a pukey baby.
  3. (informal) Vile; contemptible.
    • 2003, Guy Davenport, The Death of Picasso:
      He called Mikkel a pukey little faggot. I'll kick him again when I can get at him.
    • 2007, Paul Auster, Travels in the Scriptorium:
      [] it's nothing more than a pukey little garrison town in the middle of nowhere.

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