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Meaning of spew

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  spew
      v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
           "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
           [syn: {spit}, {ptyalize}, {ptyalise}, {spew}, {spue}]
      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" [syn: {spew}, {spew out}, {eruct}]
      3: 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" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {cast},
         {sick}, {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch},
         {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk},
         {regurgitate}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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