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spew

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spew in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    vomit  vomit up  purge  cast  sick  cat  be sick  disgorge  regorge  retch  puke  barf  spew  spue  chuck  upchuck  honk  regurgitate  throw up 
  2. eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
    "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"
    spew  spew out  eruct 
  3. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
    "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
    spit  ptyalize  ptyalise  spew  spue 
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