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oksentaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • chunder noun An act of vomiting.
  • erupt verb To violently throw out material, especially lava, ash, or steam from a volcano.
  • puke verb To vomit.
  • purge verb To rid something of unwanted elements; to cleanse or clear out completely.
  • regurgitate verb To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  • spew verb To eject or gush out forcefully in a stream.
  • vomit verb To bring up the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

Senses

oksentaa is used for these senses in English:

  • boot (slang) To vomit.
  • chuck up (dated, transitive and intransitive) To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something).
  • chunder (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.
  • erupt (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
  • erupt (intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
  • puke (colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  • purge (transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
  • regurgitate Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

chunder — full definition

  1. noun An act of vomiting.
  2. noun Heavy, sticky snow that makes snowsports difficult.

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