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Verb: spue  spyoo
Usage: archaic (=spew)
  1. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
    "The father of the victim spued at the alleged murderer";
    - spit, spew [informal]
     
  2. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    "After drinking too much, the students spued";
    - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick, disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], chuck [informal], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up, vom [informal], keck [informal], hurl [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], chunder [Brit, informal], boke [UK, dialect], boak [UK, dialect]

Derived forms: spues, spued, spuing

Type of: cough out, cough up, egest, eliminate, excrete, expectorate, pass, spit out, spit up