spew

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To eject forcibly and in a stream,
2. To be forcibly ejected.
3. To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
4. To be written or spoken voluminously.
5. (informal) To vomit.
6. To ejaculate.
7. To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.

Noun

1. (slang) Vomit.
2. (slang) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
3. Nonsense or lies.
4. Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
5. A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
6. Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.

Synonyms

vomit

throw up

spue

puke

regurgitate

disgorge

spit out

barf

regorge

ptyalise

be sick

cast

cat

😺

eruct

sick

🤢

spew out

spit

ptyalize

vomit up

belch

erupt

purge

eject

spout

upchuck

chuck

vomiting

expel

shoot

expectorate

retch

honk

retching

strangulate

suffocate

throttle

unravel

belch out

garotte

garrotte

gush

ladder

🪜

hurl

precipitate

extravasate

run

scrag

sick up

slaughter

burst forth

spit up

spray

spurt

sputter

squirt

strangle

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/spjuː/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: spewen

Inherited from anglès antic: spīwan

Cognate with anglès: spit

Cognate with frisó occidental: spije

Cognate with neerlandès: spuwen

Cognate with baix alemany: speen

Cognate with alemany: speien

Cognate with suec: spy

Cognate with danès: spy

Cognate with feroès: spýggja

Cognate with gòtic: 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽

Cognate with llatí: spuō

Cognate with grec antic: πτύω

Cognate with albanès: fyt

Cognate with armeni: թուք

Cognate with rus: плева́ть

Cognate with persa: تف

Cognate with sànscrit: ष्ठीवति

In summary

From Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”).
Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, Dutch spuwen, Low German speen, spiien, German speien (“to spew, spit, vomit”), Swedish spy, Danish spy, Faroese spýggja, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Albanian fyt (“throat”), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tof), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhī́vati).