Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wet; boggy; moist; damp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wet; soggy; inclined to spew.
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- adjective
Moist ;marshy ; emittingwater .
Etymologies
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Examples
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My ugly twin is laughing that people who have not filed tax for years (avoiding repayment of HECS) will be spewy and resentful
single gal seeks stimulation Another Outspoken Female 2009
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They pulled up just in time to escape a small gulf of moss and general sponginess, waded a stream or two, splashed through a good deal of spewy ground, and came to Queen's Bower; thence into the oak plantations of New Park; then across Gretnam Wood; and then at a smart trot along the road towards home.
Vixen, Volume II. 1875
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Poker Forums Poker Discussion Supertuesday close spot: Is this a correct shove or is it spewy?
PocketFives flashdisastr 2010
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hi esti i got murderously jealous for about twenty seconds that you and bindy went on a chocolate crawl without me, then i remembered that i don't really like chocolate that much. today i feel spewy so all i can eat is water crackers and coca-cola.
weed fritters... sweetie.. pumpkin esther 2004
chained_bear commented on the word spewy
"The Woolcombe estate is nothing much—poor spewy land, most of it—but it is amazingly troublesome...'"
--P. O'Brian, The Commodore, 73
March 16, 2008