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Verb: spew spyoo- 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"; - spew out, eruct [formal] - [informal] Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
"The father of the victim spewed at the alleged murderer"; - spit, spue [archaic] - [informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students spewed"; - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick, disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spue [archaic], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up, vom [informal], keck [informal], hurl [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], chunder [Brit, informal], boke [UK, dialect], boak [UK, dialect] Noun: spew spyoo Usage: informal
- The matter ejected in vomiting
- vomit, vomitus, barf [informal], vom [informal], sick [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: spews, spewed, spewing Type of: body waste, cough out, cough up, discharge, egest, eject, eliminate, excrement, excreta, excrete, excretion, excretory product, exhaust, expectorate, expel, pass, release, spit out, spit up Encyclopedia: Spew |