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Definition of barf

barf    Featured Word

interjection

noun

noun - uncountable

  • vomit.
    You got barf on your shoes.
    • See more words with the same meaning: vomit.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

verb - intransitive

  • to vomit.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to vomit.

    Last edited on Sep 14 1997. Submitted by JB C. from New York, NY, USA on Sep 14 1997.

  • of software, to "crash" (fail) due to input that it doesn't handle properly, or cannot be handle at all. Usually implies that the program emits some spew of messages (or corrupt data) before terminating.
    The division operation barfs if you try to divide by 0.
    It turns out it was barfing because I was loading the 32-bit version of the DLL into a 64-bit process.

    Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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Definitions include: to break, to fail.
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Definitions include: to vomit.
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Definitions include: A well timed vomit.
Definitions include: vomit on the pavement.
Definitions include: vomit on the ground.

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Definitions include: Something or someone that makes you automatically/instantly throw up.

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