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Meaning to vomit profusely, throw up your boots might be heard in Michigan and Washington. Still more variations include throw up one's shoes and heave up one's shoelaces in the North and West, and throw up one's socks, which has scattered usage but might especially be said in Texas and Central states.
Simply so, why does boot mean vomit?
Boot is slang for “vomit.” Boot and rally means “to vomit ('boot') due to over-consumption of alcohol, and then continue partying ('rally').” This phrase seems to have originated in the late 1980s as campus slang.
In this way, does Yak mean to vomit?
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.
It's a noun, a verb, even an adjective, pukey. (We hope you're feeling better, @magicalfeyfenny.) Puke can refer to literal vomiting, but it just as often describes how something makes us feel. While puke isn't considered offensive, it may be considered impolite when people are eating.