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How to pronounce spew in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ptyalise, ptyalize, spit, spue
Type of spit up, cough up, expectorate, spit out, cough out
Type Words
Synonyms eruct, spew out
Type of discharge, release, eject, exhaust, expel


the volcano spews out molten rocks every day.
The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate.
Type Words
Synonyms barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
Type of pass, eliminate, egest, excrete
Derivation spewer

Examples of spew

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Most announcers today work for the teams and thus have to spew the company line.
From the freep.com
With the testing on hold, oil continued to spew nearly unimpeded into the water.
From the denverpost.com
Not surprisingly, almost all of them were infuriated by the spew of stereotypes.
From the time.com
Piles of fast food boxes, plastic bottles and cans spew out of overflowing bins.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why does Time give America's sworn enemies a forum in which to spew their venom?
From the time.com
He hides behind the First Amendment to spew his hatred in the form of cartoons.
From the kentucky.com
That makes a much bigger impact than anything Gramps can spew in one afternoon.
From the kentucky.com
The expectations would be that your comments would spew the pro-Greek propaganda.
From the economist.com
They spew fewer chemicals into the air and are less smelly than regular paints.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Spit: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
  • 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"
  • Vomit: 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"
  • (Spews) The Spam Prevention Early Warning System (SPEWS) was an anonymous service which maintained a list of IP address ranges belonging to Internet service providers (ISPs) which host spammers and show little action to prevent their abuse of other network's resources. ...
  • Vomit or sick; ejaculate; to eject forcibly and in a stream; to vomit; to ejaculate; to laugh unexpectedly while drinking, causing drink to exit the nose
  • (Spewed) vomitted "So then he was so damn drunk he spewed all over my prom dress!"
  • (Spewing) Very upset, really mad
  • (Spewing) vomiting; throwing a tantrum because something didn't go your way
  • Surplus material forced from a mold on closure under pressure. Synonym for flash.