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pukey
adj 3
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4ADJ.
alone, deep, orange, painted, sickish
VERB + PUKEY
let
PUKEY + NOUN
baby
PREP.
down
Definitions
adj
1
Resembling vomit in colour, texture, etc.
The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast.
2
Inclined to vomit; sick.
His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
There's no way he'd allow a dog on his couch or on his 500-thread-count sheets, let alone a pukey baby.
3
Vile; contemptible.
Biocky, unimaginative, and the pukey colour scheme has you searching out those Blues Brothers sun-glasses you bought on holiday last year, just before they went out of fashion.
He called Mikkel a pukey little faggot. I'll kick him again when I can get at him.
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The walls in this abandoned waiting area were painted a pukey orange, compounding the feeling of queasiness I'd had since breakfast.
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His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
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There's no way he'd allow a dog on his couch or on his 500-thread-count sheets, let alone a pukey baby.
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