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spewing

verb

present participle of spew
1
as in pouring
to flow out in great quantities or with force water spewing violently from the broken pipe

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2
as in erupting
to violently throw out or off (something from within) a volcano spewing out lava

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3
as in vomiting
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth "I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!" she wailed to her friend

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Recent Examples of spewing But her worries subsided on the day of, after seeing Hunnam rigged up and spewing. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Michael and JoAnn, try to do the work before spewing Republican Party lies. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 Roma arrived at the World Trade Center while both towers stood defiantly tall, each pierced by Boeing 767s, bleeding with jet fuel and spewing smoke that promised to eventually bring them down. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Mount Sinabung on Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) from the top of the mountain into the sky over Sumatra island. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 That heart-wrenching news was swiftly entangled in the anti-vaccine misinformation Kennedy was spewing online. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 When a customer complained that an engine was spewing blue smoke, our AI tool generated the entire repair ticket in minutes. — Shriram Rajagopal, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Molly Sims is getting real about Hollywood spewing fake beauty secrets. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spewing
  1. pouring
  2. erupting
  3. vomiting
  4. rushing
  5. spitting
  6. hurling
  7. ejecting
  8. expelling
Verb
  • Thailand’s Meteorological Department warned that the deluge, which has been pouring since Thursday afternoon, would continue in most parts of the country through Sunday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia is, of course, the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil, pouring millions of barrels a day into the global market and giving the kingdom unmatched influence on prices – and, ultimately, on how much Americans pay at the pump.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pouring
Verb
  • However, this doesn't seem to be the case with the jets erupting from blazar 3C 345.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Video of Saturday's operation released by SOUTHCOM shows a vessel moving through the water before erupting into a massive fireball.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • That stood out to him clearly in his mind because hours later, his assistant, Brown, was vomiting violently out of the car window on the way back to the airport.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Alcohol use, cigarette smoking, surgery or radiation to the chest, vomiting, lying down after eating a large meal, and obesity can increase the risk of developing esophagitis, MedlinePlus states.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of vomiting
Verb
  • Leading the charge is fifth-year tailback Wayne Knight who has 345 rushing yards and eight touchdowns in just three games — matching the Bruins’ total rushing touchdown mark from last season.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Turkey and Pakistan, with whom Riyadh signed a much-vaunted defence pact last month, aren’t rushing to help the Saudis out.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of rushing
Verb
  • This is a model spitting out something that goes against tradition.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • All, though, are generally tasked with spitting out algorithmic data that help inform a head coach’s decision-making around fourth downs, two-point conversions, timeouts and beyond.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of spitting
Verb
  • People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Shot in Lancaster, California, in the middle of the desert, Skye throws a milkshake at a car before a group of people from the nearby diner rushes out and joins in, hurling food at the vehicle.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurling
Verb
  • Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot received medical treatment after ejecting from the aircraft.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Out toward the edge, the star would boil unstably, sloughing off outer layers and explosively ejecting mass.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejecting
Verb
  • Those include bringing the Kurdish peshmerga security forces in northern Iraq under control of the central government’s military and expelling Iranian Kurdish dissident groups and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, that have bases in the region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The thought of the SEC expelling one of its charter members after 94 years of inclusion seems preposterous.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelling

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“Spewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spewing. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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