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spew

DEFINITIONS OF: spew

1

v 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”
Synonyms:
eruct, spew out
Type of:
discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
eliminate (a substance)

v expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

Synonyms:
ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue
Type of:
cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

v 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
Antonyms:
keep down
manage not to throw up
Type of:
egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
eliminate from the body
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