[Answered] yak vs throw up

[kompstar]

1. He dragged a cigarette and threw up.
2. He dragged a cigarette and yaked.

3. I still feel like my head’s a bowling ball, but I don’t think I’m gonna throw up on my shoes anymore.
4. I still feel like my head’s a bowling ball, but I don’t think I’m gonna yak on my shoes anymore.

Are the sentences above correct and natural? Do they have the same meaning? Can I use "yak" and "throw up" interchangeably?

 

[probus]

1. He took a drag on a cigarette and threw up.

2. Unsalvagable. Yak does not mean vomit. It is slang for "chat", and the past is yakked.

3. "I feel like my head is a bowling ball" is not used in English. The rest of it is fine.

4. See 2 and 3.

 

[Barb_D]

I think aside from sex and being drunk, we have more slang words for "vomit" than almost any other.
I've certainly heard "yak" (or maybe "yack" - I've never seen it in writing) to mean vomit.

It smelled so back I almost yakked right there, but I tried to breathe through my mouth and held it together until I could get outside.

 

[kompstar]

1. He took a drag on a cigarette and threw up.

So, is "He dragged a cigarette and threw up." wrong? I found the sentence in an online dictionary https://www.diki.pl/slownik-angielskiego?q=drag
-> 8.

3. "I feel like my head is a bowling ball" is not used in English. The rest of it is fine.

So, what is Aria saying? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkqlzW0uey4 -> 0:28 sec

 

[bhaisahab]

1. 'He dragged a cigarette...' is wrong, 'on' is necessary after 'dragged'.
3. She is saying 'I feel like my head is a bowling ball'. I have never heard that before. I imagine the scriptwriter invented it.

 

[kompstar]

So I can say "He dragged on a cigarette" or "He took a drag on a cigarette". The both sentences are correct?

 

[GoesStation]

So I can say "He dragged on a cigarette" or "He took a drag on a cigarette". Are [STRIKE]The[/STRIKE] both sentences [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] correct?

Yes.

 

[Skrej]

I agree with Barb 'yak' is a very common slang for the verb 'vomit', at least in AmE.

I think I have heard it used as a noun, but it's much more commonly used as a verb.

I can't really think of any situation where 'yak' and 'throw up' aren't interchangeable.

 

[Rover_KE]

They're not interchangeable to most BE speakers.