barf

See also: Baarf

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɑːf/
(US) IPA^(key): /bɑɹf/
Rhymes: -ɑː(r)f

Noun

barf (uncountable)

(US, colloquial) vomit

Translations

vomit

Dutch: kots (nl) m
German: Kotze (de) f

Russian: блево́тина (ru) f (blevótina)

Verb

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

(US, colloquial) To vomit.
(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

to vomit

Czech: blít (cs)
Dutch: kotsen (nl), barfen
Faroese: spýggja

Finnish: byytata (fi), oksentaa (fi)
German: kotzen (de), reihern (de)
Russian: блева́ть (ru) impf (blevátʹ)

Interjection

barf!

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

Cornish

Noun

barf m

Alternative form of barv

Mutation

Mutation of barf

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
barf	varf	unchanged	parf	farf	varf

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)

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.

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