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spew [spjuː] vb 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to spit (spittle, phlegm, etc.) out of the mouth 3. (usually foll by out) to send or be sent out in a stream flames spewed out n something ejected from the mouth Also (archaic) spue [Old English spīwan; related to Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Old High German spīwan, Latin spuere, Lithuanian spiauti] spewer n spew - First meant "vomit." See also related terms for vomit.
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spew verb 1. shed, discharge, send out, issue, throw out, eject, diffuse, emanate, exude, cast out An oil tanker spewed its cargo into the sea. 2. vomit, throw up (informal), puke (slang), chuck (Austral. & N.Z. informal), spit out, regurgitate, disgorge, barf (U.S. slang), chunder (slang, chiefly Austral.), belch forth, upchuck (U.S. slang), do a technicolour yawn (slang), toss your cookies (U.S. slang) Let's get out of his way before he starts spewing. Translations spew vi vt (fig: also spew out) flames → spucken, speien; lava → auswerfen, spucken; waste water etc → ablassen; the popular press spews (out) lies → die Boulevardpresse überschüttet ihre Leser mit Lügen spew [spjuː] 2. vi a. (subj, smoke, pollution) → fuoriuscire b. (also to spew up) (fam) (vomit) → rigettare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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be sick Bespew chew-'n'-spew cough out disgorge eject eruct exhaust expel ptyalise ptyalize puke regurgitate retch spew out Spewer Spewy spit out spue | Once Edmunds touched the girdle to Marwood's devils, they started trying to push out through his eyes, his ears, and then through "a strange vomite as though he would have spued out his very entrails and guts" (296). |
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