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spawl definition
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This page has 4 definitions of spawl in English. Spawl is a noun and verb. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perhaps representing a frequentative form of spew.
Noun
spawl (uncountable)
- Scattered or ejected spittle.
Verb
spawl (third-person singular simple present spawls, present participle spawling, simple past and past participle spawled)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.
- (obsolete, transitive) To say in a rough manner.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
spawl (plural spawls)
- Alternative form of spall
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spawl in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)