chunder
To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumptionTo throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.
» She was chundering all over the place.
Sie hat alles vollgekotzt.
Meaning
3 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang)To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.
Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
(New England)To grumble, complain.
Examples
3 sentencesShe was chundering all over the place.
deSie hat alles vollgekotzt.
Last night I chundered.
ruВчера вечером меня рвало.
I've just chundered on your carpet. Sorry.
deIch habe dir gerade auf den Teppich gekotzt. Entschuldige!
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Unknown and debated origin. Possibly a shortening of Chunder Loo, itself a presumed rhyminUnknown 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.
Perhaps by confusion with chunter.
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Forms
chunders, chundering, chundered, chunderedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle