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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

barf en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /bɑɹf/ (General-American)
  • /bɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) 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.

barf en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /bɑɹf/ (General-American)
  • /bɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

Meanings

  1. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
  2. (broadly, intransitive, slang) Of a system: to fail.
    • The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
barfs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
barfed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
barfed Tense=Past lexicographic
barfing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

barfer · barf out

Descendants

barfen

Synonyms

crash (of a software system)

Translations (3)

de versagen ((of a software system) fail) · nl vastlopen ((of a software system) fail) · fr se planter ((of a software system) fail)