Verb: spue spyoo
Usage: archaic (=spew)
Usage: archaic (=spew)
- Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
"After drinking too much, the students spued";
- vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
- Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
"The father of the victim spued at the alleged murderer";
- spit, spew [informal]
Derived forms: spuing, spued, spues
Type of: cough out, cough up, egest, eliminate, excrete, expectorate, pass, spit out, spit up