chunder

Meaning

Noun

1. (slang) Vomit.
2. (slang) An act of vomiting.
3. Heavy, sticky snow that makes snowsports difficult.

Verb

To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.

Verb

1. Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
2. To grumble, complain.

Synonyms

vomit

yak

puke

upchuck

barf

regurgitate

retch

throw up

Ralph

toss one’s cookies

parbreak

chuck

disgorge

emesis

hurl

Hyphenated as

chun‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtʃandə/

Etymology

Unknown and debated origin. Possibly a shortening of Chunder Loo, itself a presumed rhyming slang for spew (said to be derived from the cartoon character “Chunder Loo of Akim Foo”, drawn by Norman Lindsay for a series of boot-polish advertisements in the early 1900s), but the rhyming slang usage is not actually recorded. Alternatively, possibly from the nautical phrase "*Watch under!" ("Look out below!"), used to warn people on lower decks that someone above was vomiting over the side of the ship, though this is likewise unsubstantiated and may simply be due to folk etymology. Also possibly from tunder, a dialectal pronunciation of thunder; or borrowed from Scots *junder, junner, chunner (“to bump, knock against", also "to break or spill the contents of”), a frequentative form of jund, chund, jundie (“to jog, jostle, annoy, upset”). First attested in c. 1950.