Upchuckers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who vomit ; people who eject the contents of the stomach forcibly through the mouth ; those prone to or engaged in the act of throwing up
2. Persons characterized by the expulsion of stomach contents ; individuals who regurgitate food forcibly ; people who frequently vomit or induce vomiting
3. Those who involuntarily or deliberately throw up ; beings known for emitting stomach material through the mouth ; humans experiencing or producing emesis

Etymology: "Upchucker" is a plain formation: the informal verb "upchuck," meaning to vomit, with the agent suffix "-er" added to name one who does it. "Upchuck" itself is American slang, built from "up" and "chuck." "Chuck" in the sense of throwing or tossing is an older verb of uncertain origin, and "up" marks the motion outward and upward, as in "throw up." The compound describes the forceful expulsion of stomach contents with the same physical picture as the older phrase "throw up." The noun is rare and mostly informal. It is most likely to appear in jokes, casual speech, or writing that wants a blunt, comic tone, since the verb itself already sounds crude to many speakers. Dictionaries that list the verb usually do not give the noun a separate entry, so it works as a transparent, ad hoc derivation rather than a settled term with its own history.

Synonyms: vomiters, retchers, pukers, throwers up, emetic agents