spew

¹spew

verb \ˈspyü\

Definition of SPEW

intransitive verb

1

: vomit

2

: to come forth in a flood or gush

3

: to ooze out as if under pressure : exude

transitive verb

1

: vomit

2

: to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity <a volcano spewing out ash> —often used with out

— spew·er noun

Examples of SPEW

1. Exhaust spewed out of the car.
2. Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano.
3. The volcano spewed hot ash.
4. The faucet started spewing dirty water.
5. The dog spewed vomit on the rug.

Origin of SPEW

Middle English, from Old English spīwan; akin to Old High German spīwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to SPEW

Synonyms

jet, pour, rush, gush, spout, spurt, squirt, swoosh

Antonyms

dribble, drip, drop, trickle

Related Words

cascade, issue, roll, run, stream; plash, slosh, splash, wash; surge, swell; flush, sluice; deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp; fountain

Near Antonyms

spatter, sprinkle; bleed, exude, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, strain, weep

Rhymes with SPEW

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo

²spew

noun

Definition of SPEW

1

: matter that is vomited : vomit

2

: material that exudes or is extruded

First Known Use of SPEW

15th century