Skip to main content
to spew

to spew

1 6.5
To spit out saliva, phlegm, or mucus from your mouth
  • verb
  • /spjuː/
  • Informal
translation icon : escupir
  • Why can't people think before they spew?
  • spewing blood
  • spewing from her mouth

Examples

  • His anger made him spew insults at everyone around him.

  • After the rollercoaster ride, she couldn't help but spew her lunch onto the ground.

  • "I shall spew from My mouth."

  • And yes, I spewed my coffee when I heard about that.

    Blog text (32)
  • "Your skald's mouth is spewing out nonsense.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I'm spewing, man.

  • He felt nauseous and had to spew his morning coffee out into the bushes.

Synonyms

to spit
vsto spew
315 1.0

To force liquid out of the mouth, often onto the ground

is a forceful expulsion without implying quickness or aggressive attitude
to spit out
vsto spew
94 2.3

To push food or drink out of your mouth

is restricted to bodily fluids like saliva, phlegm, or sputum
to expel
vsto spew
34 5.0

Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container

is specifically about mouth fluids rather than general discharge from bodies
to eject
vsto spew
20 4.1

Push a liquid or other substance out of something

is limited to forceful mouth expulsion of bodily fluids, not general squirting
to spew out
vsto spew
15 5.9

To force out large amounts of something like smoke or words

is narrower, only about forcefully expelling mouth fluids, not broad outputs
to cough up
vsto spew
8 4.6

To bring mucus or blood up from the lungs into the mouth

is a direct mouth expulsion not necessarily caused by chest or throat action
to spit up
vsto spew
1 4.1

To push food, milk, or phlegm out of the mouth

is an outward mouth expulsion not tied to originating from lungs or throat
to cough out
vsto spew
1 4.1

To force mucus out of the lungs through the mouth

is not limited to chest or throat driven expulsion and focuses on mouth ejection
to spue
vsto spew
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

is limited to expelling saliva, phlegm, or sputum from the mouth
to ptyalize
vsto spew
  • Archaic
9.9

To spit out saliva or phlegm

is specifically a forceful expulsion rather than a neutral release

Antonyms

295 1.0

To make food or drink move from the mouth into the stomach

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

Phrasal Verbs

15 5.9

To force out large amounts of something like smoke or words

How Forceful

to upchuck
  • NSFW
3 8.8
to spew
  • Informal
1 6.5
to spit
315 1.0

Surface Forms

spew infinitive
spewed past
spewed past participle
spewing present participle
spews third person singular

Etymology

The word spew comes from an old English word meaning 'to spit', so it helps to picture someone forcefully spitting out saliva or phlegm. That is why spew can mean to expel saliva, sputum, or similar matter from the mouth.