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Spew   /spju/   Listen
Spew

verb
(past & past part. spewed; pres. part. spewing)
1.
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.  Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue.
2.
Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.  Synonyms: eruct, spew out.  "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
3.
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.  Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up.  "He purged continuously" , "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"



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Words linked to "Spew" :   pass, spit out, egest, eliminate, eject, cough out, exhaust, keep down, release, expectorate, cough up, spit up, excrete, purge, expel, discharge



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