barf

Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːf/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɑɹf/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)f
• Homophones: Barff; bath (non-rhotic, trap–bath split, th-fronting)

barf (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) Vomit.

• → Dutch: barf

barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed)

1. (US, colloquial) To vomit.
2. (computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.

   The program barfed as a result of the invalid input.

• (to vomit): see also Thesaurus:regurgitate
• (of a software system): crash

• Dutch: barfen

barf

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.

• farb, frab

barf m

1. Alternative form of barv

Borrowed from English barf.

barf m (uncountable, diminutive barfje n or barfie n)

1. (slang) vomit

   Synonyms: kots, braaksel

   De vloer lag tegen vijf uur 's ochtends vol met barf. ― By five in the morning, the floor was filled with vomit.

barf

1. (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.

From Proto-Brythonic *barβ, from Latin barba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂. Compare Cornish barv, Breton barv.

• IPA^(key): /barv/

barf f (plural barfau)

1. beard

• locsyn (North Wales)

• barf hen ŵr (“old man's beard”)
• barfog (“bearded”)
• barfwellt (“beardgrass”)