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Spew

Spew Meaning & Definition
Spew Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spew?

[v] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
[v] eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
[v] expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spew: barf | be sick | cast | cat | chuck | disgorge | eruct | honk | ptyalise | ptyalize | puke | purge | regorge | regurgitate | retch | sick | spew out | spit | spue | throw up | upchuck | vomit | vomit up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Spew:

See Also | cough out | cough up | discharge | egest | eject | eliminate | excrete | expectorate | expel | pass | pony up | release | spit out | spit up

Spew In Webster's Dictionary

\Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[=i]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[=i]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp?ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. ???, Skr. shtiv, shth[=i]v. Cf. {Pyke}, {Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.] 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16.
\Spew\, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
\Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit.

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