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4 lettersPronunciation /spjuː/Part of speech verbSorted epswStarts with SEnds with W0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • But you get to the beach via monorail and you get to the sand and look out to the ocean and all you see is oil tankers and factories spewing smoke on the horizon. It was like some sort of futuristic dystopia.
  • The blow is not as severe as those to his leg. It is meant only to break, not crush. Blood and internal fluids spew from his nose.
  • Set such a program running and it will continue to spew out sentences until you shut it down.

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