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SPEW
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(verb) 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”
spew, spew out, eruct
(verb) 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”
spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
(verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; “The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
spew (third-person singular simple present , present participle , simple past spewed, past participle spewn or spewed)
To eject forcibly and in a stream
To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
(informal) to vomit
(slang) to ejaculate
(leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
Noun
spew (uncountable)
(slang) vomit
(slang) ejaculate or ejaculation.
Nonsense or lies.
Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
Anagrams
• EWPs, pews
Source: Wiktionary
Spew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spewed; p. pr.& vb. n. Spewing.] Etym: [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. spiwan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. spiwan, G. speien, Icel. sp to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. shtiv, shthiv. 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.
Definition: That which is vomited; vomit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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