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spew

Verbs

• (v) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
  • The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
  ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue,
• (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
  eruct, spew out,
• (v) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
  • After drinking too much, the students vomited
  • He purged continuously
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
  barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, cat, disgorge, spue, chuck, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast,

Synonyms

ptyalise ptyalize spit spue eruct spew out barf be sick puke regorge retch sick throw up upchuck vomit vomit up cat disgorge chuck honk regurgitate purge cast

Antonyms

keep down

See also

cough out cough up expectorate spit up spit out pony up

Words of close approximity