spew

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. (slang, uncountable, usually) Vomit.
2. (slang, uncountable, usually) Ejaculate or ejaculation.
3. (uncountable, usually) Nonsense or lies.
4. (uncountable, usually) Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
5. (uncountable, usually) A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
6. (uncountable, usually) 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

Translations

vomitar

vomir

vomitar

kotzen

Kotze

rigettare

erbrechen

vomitare

speien

vomi

arrojar

spuwen

Erbrochenes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spjuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: spewen

Inherited from Old English: spīwan

Cognate with English: spit

Cognate with Western Frisian: spije

Cognate with Dutch: spuwen

Cognate with Low German: speen

Cognate with German: speien

Cognate with Swedish: spy

Cognate with Danish: spy

Cognate with Faroese: spýggja

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Latin: spuō

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πτύω

Cognate with Albanian: fyt

Cognate with Armenian: թուք

Cognate with Russian: плева́ть

Cognate with Persian: تف

Cognate with Sanskrit: 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).