# spewing

/ˈspjuɪŋ/ (US) · /spjˈuːɪŋ/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/spewing
Updated: 2026-05-11

## Definition

to flow or pour out quickly and in large amounts. You use this to describe things like smoke from a fire or liquid from a broken pipe.

For teachers: to expel or eject large quantities of a substance rapidly and forcibly. Often used to describe the emission of pollutants, fluids, or, metaphorically, aggressive speech.

## Examples

- The old factory was spewing black smoke into the air.
- After the pipe burst, the drain began spewing dirty water all over the kitchen floor.
- The volcano continued spewing ash and molten rock into the atmosphere, forcing the immediate evacuation of all villages within a twenty-mile radius of the summit.

## Usage notes

- Often used in the continuous form ('is spewing') to describe an ongoing, forceful process. Can be used transitively with an object or intransitively with a preposition like 'from' or 'out of'.

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