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spewing

spewing is the present participle and gerund of spew.

Meaning of spew

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream.
    • 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.2014 December 11, Megan Willett, “The 16 Most Disappointing Places To Visit On Earth”, in Business Insider UK
    Synonyms:
    gush
  2. (intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.
    • 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.2013, John Andes, Control Is Jack, →ISBN, page 216
  3. (transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
    • Set such a program running and it will continue to spew out sentences until you shut it down.1999, Laurence Goldstein, Clear and Queer Thinking, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    gush
  4. (intransitive) To be written or spoken voluminously.
    • The lies continued to spew forth.2011, Kari Rains, It Doesn't Hurt That Bad: And Other Lies My Mom Told Me, →ISBN, page 31
  5. (informal, intransitive) To vomit.
    • Bleeding gums an' no saliva can make your partner spew.2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, →ISBN, page 41
  6. (intransitive) To ejaculate.
    • I rise at eleven, I dine about two, I get drunk before seven, and the next thing I do; I send for my whore, when for fear of a clap, I spend in her hand, and I spew in her lap17th century, widely attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

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Noun

spewing (plural spewings)

  1. Material spewed or vomited.
    • One of my first jobs as a biologist was to analyze fish otoliths (ear stones) from sacks of sea lion scats and spewings collected from their haul-out sites on land to identify the species and sizes of the fishes being eaten.2013, Kevin M. Bailey, Billion-Dollar Fish: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock

Forms of spewing

pluralspewings

Phrases with spewing

Questions about spewing

What does spewing mean?
Spewing means material spewed or vomited.
What is spewing the present participle and gerund of?
Spewing is the present participle and gerund of spew.
What part of speech is spewing?
Spewing is a noun.
What is the plural of spewing?
The plural of spewing is spewings.

Words near spewing in the dictionary

  1. spewer
  2. spewers
  3. spewest
  4. speweth
  5. spewiness
  6. spewing
  7. spewing up
  8. spewings
  9. spewn
  10. spews
  11. spews up

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