Spew

/spjuː/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream.
2. (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
3. (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
4. (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
5. (intransitive, informal) To vomit.
6. (intransitive) To ejaculate.
7. (intransitive, leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.
8. (slang) Vomit.

Example Sentences

But you get to the beach via monorail and you get to the sand and look out to the ocean and all you see is oil tankers and factories spewing smoke on the horizon. It was like some sort of futuristic dystopia.

The blow is not as severe as those to his leg. It is meant only to break, not crush. Blood and internal fluids spew from his nose.

Set such a program running and it will continue to spew out sentences until you shut it down.

Outside of the basic reading, writing, and math skills, and having an idea of what's out there, they were just spewing useless information.

They smile for the camera as they spew their phony message of tolerance, diversity and perversity.

Our main concerns about these people, is the propaganda they are spewing on our children and how they are twisting and distorting lies about our military and anyone that disagrees with them

It is important to realize that communicating product knowledge requires feature and benefit components that prove more effective than simply spewing raw data such as specifications, dimensions, horsepower, and torque.

The lies continued to spew forth.

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Word Forms

• spews
• spewing
• spewed
• spewn

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