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   spew

   /spjuː/

   verb

   • 1. expel large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly: "buses were spewing out black clouds of exhaust" Similar emitdischargeejectexpelbelch outpour outspoutdisgorge
   • ▪ be poured or forced out in large quantities: "great screeds of paper spewed out of the computer" Similar pourgushspurtsurgespoutjetrusherupt
   • ▪ vomit: "he felt faint and nauseous—he had to get out before he spewed" Similar vomitbe sickspew upfetch upheaveretchreachgagget sickinformal:throw uppukechunderchuck uphurlpray to the porcelain goddo the technicolor yawnkeckralphhonkshoot the catvombokebarfspit upupchuckblow chunkstoss one's cookiesblow chunksgo for the big spitplay the whaleyodelperkarchaic:regorgepurgebrakecascaderare:egurgitate

   noun

   • 1. vomit. informal

   Word Origin Old Englishspīwan, spēowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spewer noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • W

     4

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