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Definition spew

Etymology

From Middle English spewen, from Old English sp?wan, from Proto-Germanic *sp?wan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pty?w- (“to spit, vomit”); Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, Dutch spuwen, Low German speen, spiien, German speien (“to spew, spit, vomit”), Danish and Swedish spy, Gothic ??????? (speiwan). Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin spu? (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek ???? (ptú?, “spit, vomit”), Albanian fyt ‘throat’, Armenian ???? (t?uk?), Russian ???????? (plevát?), Persian ??‎ (tuf), Sanskrit ??????? (??h??vati).

Verb

spew (third-person singular simple present spews, present participle spewing, simple past spewed, past participle spewed or spewn)

1. To eject forcibly and in a stream
2. To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
3. (informal) to vomit
4. (slang) to ejaculate
5. (leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.

Noun

spew (uncountable)

1. (slang) vomit
2. (slang) ejaculate or ejaculation.
3. Nonsense or lies.
4. Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
5. A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
6. Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.

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