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Meanings of spew in English

Portuguese
regurgitar
Catalan
perbocar
Spanish
devolver

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

    regurgitar
    Portuguese
    cuspir
    Catalan
    esputar
    Spanish
    escupir

    Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.

          Related terms
          cuspir
          Portuguese
          vomitar
          Spanish
          arrojar

          Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.

                vomitar
                Usage of spew in English
                1
                Allen said the leak would spew unchecked while the system is disconnected.
                Reuters
                2
                The kind of technicolour spew that would make even Luke Watson blush.
                The South African
                3
                The thing is, the more negativity you spew, the worse you look.
                Ebony
                4
                I am the basest of creatures, I could even spew at myself?
                Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
                5
                The child's face twisted in terror and it began to spew fire.
                Perdido Street Station
                6
                An oily light flared from its peak, a spew of dirty flame.
                The Scar
                7
                That means it will spew out far fewer pollutants than today's engines do.
                Wired
                8
                Erupting volcanoes spew gases and pave new lands with fresh lava.
                BBC
                9
                Machines spew out winnings in the form of small metal balls.
                Reuters
                10
                They created syndevs whose sole purpose was to spew crap into the Reticulum.
                Anathem
                11
                They spew out noxious hydrogen sulphide gas, and the water contains little oxygen.
                BBC
                12
                If you have a cheeky spew get prepared to be fined for it.
                News.com.au
                13
                Just enough to make more infectious envoys and spew them across the cosmos.
                Existence
                14
                When feasting on crabs, an octopus wields its spew with purpose.
                Wired
                15
                Neither do they spew tons of fish waste or chemical pollutants.
                Reuters
                16
                She stood, biting her lip, holding back the invectives she'd prefer to spew.
                The cold room
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                Translations for spew
                Spew through the time
                Spew across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Less common