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hughie

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call hughie

and call earl (...ˈhyui and ...ˈɚl)

tv. to vomit. (Onomatopoetic from the sound of retching.) Fred spent an hour in the john calling hughie. He stepped aside and began calling earl, right there on Maple Street!

See also: call, hughie

cry hughie

(ˈkrɑɪ ˈhjui)

tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. He is in the john crying hughie.

See also: cry, hughie

hughie

(ˈhjui)

in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (see also cry hughie.) I gotta go hughie! Outa my way!