SPUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does spue mean? 

• SPUE (verb)
  The verb SPUE has 2 senses:

1. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: SPUE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPUE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ptyalise; ptyalize; spew; spit; spue

Context example:

The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer

Hypernyms (to "spue" is one way to...):

cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The women spue water into the bowl

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up

Context example:

The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night

Hypernyms (to "spue" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

To live, for me, Jane, is to stand on a crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)