parbreak

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English

Etymology

From Middle French par- + brake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑː(ɹ)ˈbɹeɪk/

Verb

parbreak (third-person singular simple present parbreaks, present participle parbreaking, simple past and past participle parbreaked)

  1. (obsolete) To vomit, spew out.
    • a. 1539, John Skelton, How the Duke of Albany :
      What have ye, villayn, forged,
      And virulently dysgorged
      As though ye wolde parbrake

Noun

parbreak (plural parbreaks)

  1. (archaic) Vomit; vomiting.

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