spew

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/ spyu /

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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.

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Sometimes spue .

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, nounun·spewed, adjective

Words nearby spew

Sperrin Mountains, Sperry, sperrylite, spessartite, speug, spew, Spey, Speyer, Spezia, SPF, sp. gr.

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How to use spew in a sentence

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
And I took oath that I would never again spew a filthy expression from my mouth or do an ill thing.
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
Walks and Words of Jesus|M. N. Olmsted
With his war club he strikes repeated blows upon the heart of the fish, which attempts to spew him out.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
Because inferres the reason; as, I wil spew the out, because thou art nether hoat nor cald.
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue|Alexander Hume
Because thou art neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
Around The Tea-Table|T. De Witt Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for spew

spew

/ (spjuː) /

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 streamflames spewed out

noun

something ejected from the mouth

Also (archaic): spue

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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