The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SPEW
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More clues leading to the result SPEW
- Expel from school's front bench
- Bring up cries about dropping English
- Bring up second seat
- Run small exercise class with wife
- Discharge starts to pollute everywhere in holiday region
- Bring up small bench
- Eject leader from safe seat
- Sick son needs a seat
- Sick records written up by week
- Pour forth cries returned heartlessly
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What does SPEW mean?
SPEW noun- Vomit
- Ejaculate or ejaculation.
- Nonsense or lies.
- Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
- A white powder or dark crystals that appear on the surface of improperly tanned leather.
- Adhesive that is squeezed from a joint under pressure and held across the joint by a fillet, thereby strengthening the joint.
- To eject forcibly and in a stream
- To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading.
- To vomit
- To ejaculate
- (leather-working) To develop a white powder or dark crystals on the surface of finished leather, as a result from improper tanning.