Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To send out or force out in large amounts.
- intransitive verb To vomit or otherwise cast out (matter) through the mouth.
- intransitive verb To flow or gush forth.
- intransitive verb To vomit.
- noun Something spewed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discharge the contents of the stomach; vomit; puke.
- In gunnery, to run at the mouth: said of a gun which bends at the chase, or whose muzzle droops, from too quick firing.
- To vomit; puke up or out; eject from or as if from the stomach.
- To eject as if by retching or heaving; send or cast forth from within; drive by internal force or effort: often used figuratively.
- To exude grease or become dull on the surface after being finished a short time: said of leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is vomited; vomit.
- transitive verb To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
- transitive verb To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
- intransitive verb To vomit.
- intransitive verb To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to eject forcibly and in a stream
- verb slang to
vomit - verb slang to
ejaculate - verb slang to laugh unexpectedly while drinking, causing drink to exit the nose
- noun slang
vomit orsick - noun slang
ejaculate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
- verb expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Although by itself the term leaves a lingering impression, when the word "spew" is added to the sentence, it paints vivid mental images.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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Although by itself the term leaves a lingering impression, when the word "spew" is added to the sentence, it paints vivid mental images.
AMSET Bug Day 2005
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We heard Palin spew hate, lies and fear during the 2008 campaign.
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This list of talking points that Rush told you to spew is old and cliched and so stupid it is an embarassment to have to address this moronity AGAIN.
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The hatred and vitriol that you liberals spew is enlightening as to how you think.
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People need to WAKE UP and smell the decaying spores that spew from the news commentators.
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Citing interviews with government officials, the report reveals that in late April or early May, the White House budget office denied a request from NOAA to make public its worst-case estimate of how much oil could spew from the blown-out well.
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I just love the way PUNKS like you come in spew THEIR venom then snivel like a girlscout with a third degree burn when we treat YOU the way YOU treat us.
Think Progress » Gingrich: Hoekstra’s Campaign Got A ‘Boost’ From Failed Airline Bomber 2010
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Nearly all of the lyrics that spew from the mouths of South African rave-rap surrealists Die Antwoord aren't printable on the website of a family newspaper, making the trio's Wednesday night performance at the 9: 30 Club difficult to recap.
Riffs: How "zef" is Washington D.C.? Chris Richards 2010
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All they spew is hatred and intolerance and hire nothing but GOP folks (and alsorans at that). kc in va
yarb commented on the word spew
It is a most terrible bore
to haemorrhage, spewing up gore,
and, bubbling for breath,
be blood-drowned to death.
Je ne voudrais pas être mort.
You find the limerick inapposite? Care for a cutely-adapted Adonic?
After he spewed up
he was unconscious
till about tea-time,
when he woke-up, then
vomited once more
(blood and fish-smelling
purplish matter).
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
July 4, 2008