spewed; spewing; spews
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
spewer
noun
Examples of spew in a Sentence
Verb
Exhaust spewed out of the car.
Smoke and ashes spewed from the volcano.
The volcano spewed hot ash.
The faucet started spewing dirty water.
The dog spewed vomit on the rug.
Recent Examples on the Web
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
The airline industry spews about 800 megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year, roughly 2 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.
—Miranda Lipton, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2024
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
Because these are not short spews of text Fishburne has penned for us; they are run on sentences and legato soliloquies.
—Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Around one of these geothermal vents, or hot vents, tiny molluscs gather and pile on one another for a chance at the heat and chemicals spewing from the seafloor.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
The airline industry spews about 800 megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year, roughly 2 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.
—Miranda Lipton, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2024
Noun
That’s what this moron advocated in a shameful commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas -- a spew of backward misogyny that has since been rightly vilified.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
Because these are not short spews of text Fishburne has penned for us; they are run on sentences and legato soliloquies.
—Brittani Samuel, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Spew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spew. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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spew
1 of 2 verb
: to send or come out in a flood or gush
spew
2 of 2 noun
: matter that is spewed out
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