Hughie
call Hughie
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to call Hughie out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
See also: call, Hughie
cry Hughie
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to cry Hughie out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
See also: cry, Hughie
hughie
slang To vomit. Geez, I thought I was going to hughie out on that boat—I felt so seasick!
talk to Hughie
slang To vomit profusely. "Huey" is likely intended to be imitative of the sound of someone retching. He had a few too many shots of tequila and spent the rest of the night talking to Hughie. You're awfully pale, Charlie. You look like you need to talk to Hughie.
See also: Hughie, talk
talk to Hughie on the big white (tele)phone
slang To vomit profusely and at length into a toilet. "Hughie" is likely used as an onomatopoeia for the sound of someone retching. He had a few too many shots of tequila and spent the rest of the night talking to Hughie on the big white telephone. You're awfully pale, Charlie. You look like you need to talk to Hughie on the big white phone.
See also: big, Hughie, on, talk, white
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- call Hughie
- earl
- ralph
- ruth
- call Ralph
- call Ruth
- call Earl
- call in (one's) marker
- marker
- Can I have (one) call you?