"group of coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean north of the Cook Islands that are administered with the Cook Islands by New Zealand":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00fc-k\u00e4-\u02c8p\u00fc-k\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081713",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"puka":{
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"definitions":{
": a rare New Zealand tree ( Meryta sinclairii ) of the family Araliaceae with large resinous leaves and dioecious flowers in panicles":[],
": a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone (genus Conus ), found along beaches of Pacific Islands, and used especially to make necklaces":[],
": a tree ( G. lucida ) with long thick shining leaves and green or yellow flowers in axillary panicles":[],
": either of two New Zealand trees of the genus Griselinia that are sometimes epiphytic:":[],
": hole , tunnel":[
"if \u2026 I ever get the giant African snails out of their favorite pukas , I shall really enjoy the gardening",
"\u2014 Honolulu Star-Bulletin"
],
": kapuka":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hawaiian":"Noun",
"Maori":"Noun",
"puka shell , from Hawaiian puka hole + English shell":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"",
"\u02c8p\u00fck\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101255",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puke":{
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"definitions":{
": a disgusting, unlikeable, or contemptible person":[
"\"\u2026 handles winning well, but when he gets in trouble, he behaves like a little puke .\"",
"\u2014 Mark Woodforde"
],
": vomit":[
"I remember there was always dog puke on the sidewalks in El Paso.",
"\u2014 Jayne Anne Phillips",
"The launch back was full of hung over sailors, and marines in even worse shape. It smelled of puke and piss from the night before.",
"\u2014 David Poyer"
],
": vomit entry 1":[
"\u2026 the hideous smell, which \u2026 had made me hold my stomach and my breath sometimes, in an effort not to puke \u2026",
"\u2014 Oliver Sacks",
"'You Washington know-it-alls make me puke ,' Quimper said, retiring from the conversation.",
"\u2014 James A. Michener",
"Sadly for Sam, sailing is not his strong suit, prompting him to puke his guts out all over the place.",
"\u2014 Josh Wigler",
"\u2014 often used with up Just puked up the cup of coffee I tried to down as my only form of nourishment. \u2014 Hugh Gallagher \"Damn woman, first you puke up and then you catch an attitude.\" \u2014 Hariette Surovell"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But Calm Island would be an immersive, synesthetic experience designed to evoke nostalgia and imagination\u2014not your typical amusement park, with its sweat and crush and puke and scream. \u2014 Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic , 4 June 2021",
"And show me an athlete, even in high school, who didn\u2019t puke during an especially tough workout. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 May 2021",
"Wallace\u2019s essay has been regularly quoted over the past 15 years -- so regularly that its mention here surely will make some Nadal and Djokovic fans want to puke . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Mar. 2021",
"But instead of ejecting evil spirits from their body, the creatures puke their guts out as a defense mechanism. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 30 Oct. 2020",
"For more about staying fit in orbit and some pro tips for puking in microgravity, check out the video above. \u2014 Wired , 15 Oct. 2019",
"In the Jimmy Olsen preview story from DC\u2019s Superman: Leviathan Rising one-shot earlier this year, Jimmy got his clothes ripped up by an alien cat, who then puked blood in his face. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 21 Aug. 2019",
"For the great return of The Hills, MTV welcomed former The O.C. star and that girl who puked in the Sixth Sense, Mischa Barton. \u2014 Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue , 18 June 2019",
"Bart O\u2019Kavanaugh, who pukes in someone\u2019s car\u2014in a friend\u2019s book about high school drunkenness and hookups probably makes that list. \u2014 Wendy Naugle, Glamour , 19 Sep. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fck"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"barf",
"gag",
"heave",
"hurl",
"retch",
"spew",
"spit up",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221253",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pukka":{
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"wondering whether the old-looking ivory box was pukka \u2014or just something recently manufactured in China",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And if my name were Nikki or Bobby, the state of the state would be pukka \u2014 sorry, strong. \u2014 Anand Giridharadas, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu pakk\u0101 cooked, ripe, solid, from Sanskrit pakva ; akin to Greek pessein to cook \u2014 more at cook":""
": any of several pheasants of northern India and the Himalayas constituting the genus Pucrasia and being in the males mostly crested with long black ear tufts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259kr\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"pukras from native name in India":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042518"
},
"puku":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a reddish African antelope ( Adenota vardoni ) related to the waterbuck":[]
