spew

[spyoo] /spyu/

verb (used without object)

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.

verb (used with object)

to eject from the stomach through the mouth; vomit.

to cast forth, gush, or eject, as in disgust or anger:

The angry sergeant spewed his charges at us.

noun

something that is spewed; vomit.

Also, spue.

Origin

before 900; Middle English spewen to vomit, cast forth foul language, Old English spīwan to vomit; cognate with German speien, Old Norse spȳja, Gothic speiwan, Latin spuere

Related forms

spewer, noun

unspewed, adjective

Examples from the web for spew

First, different sensors tend to spew out information in different, mutually incomprehensible formats.
They spew hot water for the same reasons that land-based geysers do.
Thawing permafrost may soak up greenhouse gas before it begins to spew it out.
Deep in the oceans, hydrothermal vents spew superheated water full of dissolved minerals.
The energy crushed the capsule instantly, causing it to spew a shower of neutrons.
They said it would spew toxic substances and carcinogens into the air.
Automobiles, such as this bus seen in a file photo, spew exhaust that deposits metallic fragments on leaves.
Not all volcanoes spew ash and lava directly into the air or land.
Their nights are lit only by the gas flares atop the oil rigs, which spew out pollutants that cause acid rain.
Not any sooner with sites that spew wads of useless statistical data at you.

British Dictionary definitions for spew

spew

/spjuː/

verb

to eject (the contents of the stomach) involuntarily through the mouth; vomit

to spit (spittle, phlegm, etc) out of the mouth

(usually foll by out) to send or be sent out in a stream: flames spewed out

noun

something ejected from the mouth

Also (archaic) spue

Derived Forms

spewer, noun

Word Origin

Old English spīwan; related to Old Norse spӯja, Gothic speiwan, Old High German spīwan, Latin spuere, Lithuanian spiauti

Word Origin and History for spew

Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiwanan (cf. Old Saxon spiwan, Old Norse spyja, Old Frisian spiwa, Middle Dutch spien, Dutch spuwen, Old High German spiwan, German speien, Gothic spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu-, probably ultimately of imitative origin (cf. Latin spuere, Greek ptuein, Old Church Slavonic pljuja, Lithuanian spiauti). Also in Old English as a weak verb, speowan. Related: Spewed; spewing.

"vomited matter," c.1600, from spew (v.).