Used in a Sentence

spews

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spews.

Editorial note

I mean, it's easier to point at containers of nuclear waste than it is the airbourne pollutants that coal spews out.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(intransitive, informal) To vomit.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spews gathered in one view.

verb

(intransitive, informal) To vomit.

verb

(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.

verb

(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spews.

verb

(intransitive, informal) To vomit.

verb

(transitive) To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.

verb

(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,

verb

(intransitive) To be forcibly ejected.

Example sentences

1

I mean, it's easier to point at containers of nuclear waste than it is the airbourne pollutants that coal spews out.

2

Shanley spews rude, toxic, curse-laden streams of hatred at people in the tech industry with her every waking-hour.

3

It consumes JS objects/arrays and spews out CSS with localized class and animation names and a unmangled -> mangled dictionary.

4

Still no SSL, so using redis-client still just spews your password out all over the internet.

5

It's very frustrating when a company just spews fluff about how great they are without taking into account your needs.

6

Just an FYI, before you listen to what he spews: McInnes is a white nationalist, homophobe, transphobe and misogynist.

7

So, yes, when man spews massive amounts of CO2, the climate changes.

8

It doesn't mean people are going to stop reading them or blogging, but the traffic / ad space $ will probably continue to go down as more content continues to spews online.

9

If a person spews hateful garbage all over the forum report or comments look to the people that run the community to take out the trash.

10

It is great that they added Docker images (really) but maybe someone technical at Microsoft should start to proofread what nonsense that the marketing department spews out.

11

San Francisco is full and Silicon Valley spews wealth.

12

He is just so full of confidence and spews such large overgeneralizations that any little kernel of truth he may have started with soon disappears in a pile of bullshit.

Quote examples

1

That's the case with every pseudorandom number generator (ie any deterministic algorithm that spews "random" numbers).

2

You're not arguing any points he's made on their validity; you're trying to invalidate things he "spews" because you think his character isn't sufficient.

3

Matt Cutts is "head of Google's Webspam team"; in other words he spews disinformation so that Google can have more influence over their own results.

4

Only thing thats been said so far is that "3-click rule" that my 900 year-old boss spews to management after raving to me about how much he loves the Mac philosophy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spews in a sentence?

I mean, it's easier to point at containers of nuclear waste than it is the airbourne pollutants that coal spews out.

What does spews mean?

(intransitive, informal) To vomit.

What part of speech is spews?

spews is commonly used as verb.