"pukey" meaning in English

See pukey in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: pukier [comparative], pukiest [superlative]
Etymology: From puke + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puke|y}} puke + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|pukier}} pukey (comparative pukier, superlative pukiest)
  1. (informal) Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pukey-en-adj-DPYTA6sV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 2 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 93 7 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 10 7
  2. (informal) Inclined to vomit; sick. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pukey-en-adj-vpQNbRLh
  3. (informal) Vile; contemptible. Tags: informal Translations (vile): heruntergekommen (German), mitgenommen (German)
    Sense id: en-pukey-en-adj-K4PbKMcE Disambiguation of 'vile': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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