spew
v.
vomit, cast out the contents of the stomach through the mouth; expel, eject forcefully; gush out
n.
vomit; something that is spewed or ejected
spew
Verb
1. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
(synonym) spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spue
(hypernym) expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out
2. 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"
(synonym) spew out, eruct
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
3. 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"
(synonym) vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(hypernym) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(derivation) vomiter, spewer
Spew
(v. t.)
To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
(v. t.)
To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
(v. i.)
To vomit.
(v. i.)
To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
(n.)
That which is vomited; vomit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
barf, be seasick, be sick, belch, blow open, blow out, break out, bring up, burst, burst forth, burst out, cascade, cast forth, chuck up, debouch, debouchment, decant, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, disgorgement, dissiliency, drain, drain out, dribble, drivel, drool, egest, egesta, egestion, ejaculate, eject, emit, empty, eruct, eructation, erupt, eruption, exhaust, expectorate, expel, extravasate, feed the fish, find vent, flare-up, flood, flow, flow out, flush, font, fount, fountain, gag, gagging, geyser, gush, gush out, hawk, heave, heave the gorge, heaves, heaving, hurl forth, irrupt, jet, keck, nausea, outbreak, outburst, outflow, outpour, play, pour, pour forth, pour out, puke, rapids, regurgitate, regurgitation, reject, retch, run out, rush, salivate, send forth, send out, sick up, slabber, slaver, slobber, sluice out, spate, spew out, spit, spout, spout out, spouter, spray, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squirt, surge, throw out, throw up, torrent, upchuck, volcan, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, vomiting, vomition, well, well out
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.