spew

American  

[spyoo] / spyu /

Sometimes spue

verb (used without object)

1. to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.

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verb (used with object)

1. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit.

2. to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger.

   The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us.

noun

1. something that is spewed; vomit.

spew British  

/ spjuː /

verb

1. to eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit

2. 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

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noun

1. something ejected from the mouth

Other Word Forms

• spewer noun
• unspewed adjective

Etymology

Origin of spew

First recorded before 900; Middle English spewen “to vomit, cast forth foul language,” Old English spīwan “to vomit”; cognate with German speien, Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Latin spuere

Example Sentences

He clapped a paw over his mouth to stop from spewing it across the room.

From Literature

Yet several have blown up during launch, spewing toxic fuel into the air, said a person familiar with the incidents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Smoglandia: The cause of SoCal’s smog is identified and it isn’t the factories spewing black gunk into the sky in support of the war effort.

From Los Angeles Times

But the latest AI technology expands beyond chatbots spewing out financial advice — there have been recent developments in agentic AI, which is when a system acts autonomously on a user’s behalf.

From MarketWatch

But he’d only just swallowed the pignut when his belly heaved, and he spewed it up again.

From Literature

Related Words

• belch
• cascade
• eject
• erupt
• gush
• heave
• scatter
• spit
• vomit