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Definition of spew

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
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"
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"

Similar Words: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up, spew out, eruct, spit, ptyalize, ptyalise

See Also: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out, pony up

Derivational Morphology: vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking, vomiter, spewer, vomitus, puke, heave, retch, sick, emetic, vomitive, nauseant, eruption, eructation, extravasation, ptyalism, spit, spitting, expectoration, saliva, spittle, spitter, expectorator

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