Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.
barf (uncountable)
- (US, colloquial)Vomit.
barf (third-person singular simple presentbarfs,present participlebarfing,simple past and past participlebarfed)
- (US, colloquial) Tovomit.
- (computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: tofail.
The programbarfed as a result of the invalid input.
(of a software system) fail
barf
- (colloquial)An expression ofdisgust.
- 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 ofRegular Show
- Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you.
- Rigby: Oh,barf.
barf m
- Alternative form ofbarv
Borrowed fromEnglishbarf.
barf m (uncountable,diminutivebarfje norbarfie n)
- (slang)vomit
- Synonyms:kots,braaksel
- De vloer lag tegen vijf uur 's ochtends vol metbarf. ―By five in the morning, the floor was filled withvomit.
barf
- (slang)Expression of disgust, as if one has to vomit.
- Synonyms:kots,gedver,iel
- Hij omschrijft zichzelf als een 'eindbaas'.Barf. ―He describes himself as a 'total boss'.Barf.
FromProto-Brythonic*barβ, fromLatinbarba, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰardʰeh₂. CompareCornishbarv,Bretonbarv.
barf f (pluralbarfau)
- beard
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
