WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
spew /spyu/USA pronunciation
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to gush or pour out, esp. quickly and violently:[no object]Oil spewed from the broken pipes.
- to throw or pour out violently:[~ + object]The broken pipes spewed oil.
- Pathologyto vomit: [no object]to spew from sickness.[~ + object]to spew one's lunch.
spew (spyo̅o̅),USA pronunciation
v.i.
v.t.
n.
spew′er, n.
- Pathologyto discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
vomit.
v.t.
- Pathologyto 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.
n.
- Pathologysomething that is spewed;
vomit.
- bef. 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