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spew

[ spyoo ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.


verb (used with object)

  1. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
  2. to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger:

    The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us.

noun

  1. something that is spewed; vomit.

spew

/ spjuː /

verb

  1. to eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit
  2. to spit (spittle, phlegm, etc) out of the mouth
  3. usually foll by out to send or be sent out in a stream

    flames spewed out



noun

  1. something ejected from the mouth

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Derived Forms

  • ˈspewer, noun

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Other Words From

  • spewer noun
  • un·spewed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spew1

First recorded before 900; Middle English spewen “to vomit, cast forth foul language,” Old English spīwan “to vomit”; cognate with German speien, Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Latin spuere

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spew1

Old English spīwan; related to Old Norse spӯja, Gothic speiwan, Old High German spīwan, Latin spuere, Lithuanian spiauti

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Example Sentences

Especially not by the faceless boogymen that spew threats with no accountability.

Look, Hice has every right to spew his hate from the pulpit to those who chose to attend his services.

As I listen to myself and the real Bert spew inanities, I feel terrible, as if I am mocking a world before its very benefactors.

Small homes often have only kerosene lamps to provide light, which spew toxins equivalent to two packs of cigarettes a day.

I “embrace” my “otherness,” to spew that overused phrase of early '90s identity reclamation.

And I took oath that I would never again spew a filthy expression from my mouth or do an ill thing.

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

With his war club he strikes repeated blows upon the heart of the fish, which attempts to spew him out.

Because inferres the reason; as, I wil spew the out, because thou art nether hoat nor cald.

Because thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

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