chunder

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃandə/

The English word “chunder” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

Vomit.
An act of vomiting.
Heavy, sticky snow that makes snowsports difficult.

verb

To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.
Of a motor vehicle: to rumble loudly, to roar.
To grumble, complain.

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…

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