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   Spit

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   verb

   • 1. eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger: "Todd spit in Hugh's face" Similar expectoratehawkinformal:gobhoick
   • ▪ forcibly eject (food or liquid) from one's mouth: "he spits out his piece of coconut"
   • ▪ utter in a hostile or aggressive way: "she spat abuse at the jury" Similar snapsay angrilyhissraspsplutter
   • ▪ be extremely angry or frustrated: "he was spitting with sudden fury"
   • ▪ (of a cat) make a hissing noise as a sign of anger or hostility: "the cat arched his back and spat at her"
   • 2. (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises: "the bonfire crackled and spat" Similar sizzlehisscracklesputterfrizzlefizz
   • 3. light rain falls: British "it began to spit" Similar rain lightlydrizzlespotmizzlesprinkle

   noun

   • 1. saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.
   • 2. an act of spitting.

   Word Origin Old Englishspittan, of imitative origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spitty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What is spit verb?

   • Definition of spit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive] to force liquid, food, etc. out of your mouth spit something (out) She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat it out. spit something (from something) He was spitting blood from a badly cut lip.

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   What does spitting mean?

   • to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth. grease spitting on the fire. to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow. , spit or spat, spit·ting. The children were spitting watermelon seeds over the fence. The kettle spits boiling water over the stove.

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   Where does spit come from?

   • The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Danish spid, Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”). The verb is derived from the noun, or from Middle English spiten (“to put on a spit; to impale”), from spit, spite: see above.

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   noun. a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire. any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes. a narrow point of land projecting into the water. a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore. verb (used with object)

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   1. uncountable noun. Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone's mouth. 2. verb. If someone spits, they force an amount of liquid out of their mouth, often to show hatred or contempt.

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   SPIT definition: 1. to force out the liquid in your mouth: 2. used to tell someone to say more quickly what it is…. Learn more.

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   5 days ago · spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spat or spit) (transitive, intransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc. Synonym: expectorate

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   Define spit. spit synonyms, spit pronunciation, spit translation, English dictionary definition of spit. n. 1. Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle. 2. The act of expectorating. 3. Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles...