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spew

  [spyoo] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
–verb (used with object)
2. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
3. to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger: The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us.
–noun
4. something that is spewed; vomit.
Also, spue.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME spewen to vomit, cast forth foul language, OE spīwan to vomit; c. G speien, ON spȳja, Goth speiwan, L spuere

Related forms:
spewer, noun
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spew   (spyōō)   
v.   spewed, spew·ing, spews

v.   tr.
  1. To send or force out in or as if in a stream; eject forcefully or in large amounts: a volcano that spewed molten lava; spewed invective at his opponent.
  2. To vomit or otherwise cast out through the mouth.
v.   intr.
  1. To flow or gush forth: Water was spewing from the hydrant.
  2. To vomit.
n.  Something spewed.

[Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan.]
spew'er n.
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Spew

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

Spew\, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer.

2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.

Spew

Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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spew 
O.E. spiwan "spew, spit," from P.Gmc. *spiwanan (cf. O.S. spiwan, O.N. spyja, O.Fris. spiwa, M.Du. spien, Du. spuwen, O.H.G. spiwan, Ger. speien, Goth. spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu-, probably ultimately of imitative origin (cf. L. spuere, Gk. ptuein, O.C.S. pljuja, Lith. spiauti). Also in O.E. as a weak verb, speowan. The noun meaning "vomited matter" is attested from 1609.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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