spew /spjuː/
verb[
Language: Old English;
Origin: spiwan]
1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (
also spew out/forth) to flow out of something quickly in large quantities, or to make something flow out in this way:
Factory chimneys spewed fumes out into the sky.spew from/into/over etc Brown water spewed from the tap.2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] (
also spew out/forth) to say a lot of bad or negative things very quickly:
Groups like these use the Internet to spew racial hatred.3. [intransitive and transitive] (
also spew up)
informal to
vomit [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲