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| Main Entry: | spew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spit out |
| Synonyms: | belch, bring up, cascade, disgorge, eject, erupt, expel, flood, gush, heave, puke*, regurgitate, scatter, spit, spread, throw up, vomit, eruct, irrupt, spit up, spritz, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in a rush |
| Synonyms: | descend, disgorge, flood, gush, heave, overflow, pitch, plunge, pour, spew, spill, surge, throw up, tumble, vomit, spit up |
| Main Entry: | disgorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be sick, discharge, lose one's lunch, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck |
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
| Synonyms: | banish, bounce*, bump, debar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with*, dump*, eighty-six*, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, extrude, fire, get rid of, kick out*, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing*, spew, spout, turn out, vomit, cast out, disbar, drive off, eruct, expulse, force out, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kiss goodbye, show the gate to, spit out, squeeze out, throw overboard, unloose |
| Antonyms: | take in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield, cast out, disembogue, give out, give vent to, send forth, send out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | erupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give forth, eject with force |
| Synonyms: | appear, belch, blow up, boil, break out, burst, detonate, discharge, emit, explode, go off*, gush, hurl, jet, rupture, spew, spit, spout, spurt, throw off*, vent, vomit, cast out, eruct, extravasate, flare up*, pour forth, touch off* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
| Synonyms: | abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, disembogue, exudate, pullulate, smooth along, well forth |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spurt, gush |
| Synonyms: | flow, fly, issue, pour, roll, rush, shoot, soar, spew, spout, squirt, stream, surge, travel, zoom, spritz |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng, let flow |
| Main Entry: | puke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | barf, be sick, bring up, chunder, cough up, do the technicolor yawn, gag, get sick, heave, hurl*, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | regurgitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit |
| Synonyms: | be seasick, be sick, boff, drive the bus, dry heave, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, lose one's lunch, pray to the porcelain god, puke*, ralph, retch, spew, spit up, throw up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, urp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject saliva or substance |
| Synonyms: | discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, slobber, spatter, spew, sputter, throw out, sibilate, sizz, splutter, spritz |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
| Antonyms: | swallow |
| Main Entry: | spurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erupt |
| Synonyms: | burst, emerge, flow, gush, issue, jet, ooze, shoot, spew, spout, squirt, stream, surge, well, flow out, pour out, spritz |
| Main Entry: | vomit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgorge |
| Synonyms: | bring up*, eject, emit, expel, gag*, heave*, hurl*, puke*, regurgitate, ruminate, spew, throw up, be seasick, be sick, dry heave, retch, spit up, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expectorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cough up |
| Synonyms: | hawk, spew, spit, spit out |
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge |
| Synonyms: | belch, disgorge, dislodge, ejaculate, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, exude, get rid of, pass, remove, spew, throw out, vomit, blow out, cast out, drive out, eruct, exudate, irrupt |
| Antonyms: | absorb, admit, take in |
| Main Entry: | gush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour out |
| Synonyms: | burst, cascade, emanate, emerge, flood, flow, flush, issue, jet, pour, roll, run, rush, sluice, spew, spout, spring, spurt, stream, surge, well |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | throw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regurgitate |
| Synonyms: | barf, be nauseous, be sick, blow grits, blow lunch, bring up, disgorge, drive a truck, gag, heave, hurl, pray to the porcelain god, puke, puke*, ralph, regurgitate, retch, spew, spit up, toss one's cookies, upchuck, upchuck, urp, vomit, vomit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit, choke |
| Synonyms: | disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke*, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up, be nauseated, retch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke*, rise, sign, sob, spew, surge, swell, throb, throw up, vomit, retch, spit up, suspire, upchuck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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