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verb (used without object) to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
verb (used with object) to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger: The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us.
noun something that is spewed; vomit.
Origin of spew 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
OTHER WORDS FROM spew spewer, noun un·spewed, adjective Words nearby spew Sperrin Mountains, Sperry, sperrylite, spessartite, speug, spew , Spey, Speyer, Spezia, SPF, sp. gr.
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Example sentences from the Web for spew Especially not by the faceless boogymen that spew threats with no accountability.
Sarah Silverman’s History of Pro-Woman, Liberal, and Vagina-Related Activism | Asawin Suebsaeng| October 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Look, Hice has every right to spew his hate from the pulpit to those who chose to attend his services.
Jody Hice: Mr. Bigot Goes to Washington? | Dean Obeidallah| June 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
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.
My Great Art-Hoax Experiment | Murray Miller| December 9, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Small homes often have only kerosene lamps to provide light, which spew toxins equivalent to two packs of cigarettes a day.
sOccket Inventors: Being Young and Stubborn Helps Innovation | Casey Schwartz| March 9, 2012| DAILY BEAST
I “embrace” my “otherness,” to spew that overused phrase of early '90s identity reclamation.
Norway’s New Cultural Anxiety | Keshni Kashyap| July 24, 2011| DAILY BEAST
I've got him here, at my mercy: is it likely that I shouldn't be able to make him spew up his secret?
The Three Eyes | Maurice Leblanc
If you strike me,” said he, “I will make you spew out your tongue.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel | Charles de Coster
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
The Bible Story | Rev. Newton Marshall Hall
After spending an hour in glancing over Sardini's works, I begged her to spew me her own.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
She eats that she may spew up and she spew s up that she may eat.
In a German Pension | Katherine Mansfield
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British Dictionary definitions for spew verb to eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit
to spit (spittle, phlegm, etc) out of the mouth
(usually foll by out) to send or be sent out in a stream flames spewed out
noun something ejected from the mouth
Derived forms of spew spewer , noun Word Origin for spew Old English spīwan; related to Old Norse spӯja, Gothic speiwan, Old High German spīwan, Latin spuere, Lithuanian spiauti
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