Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slender, pointed rod on which meat is impaled for roasting.
- noun A narrow point of land extending into a body of water.
- transitive verb To impale on or as if on a spit.
- noun Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle.
- noun The act of expectorating.
- noun Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit.
- noun A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.
- noun Informal The perfect likeness.
- intransitive verb To eject from the mouth.
- intransitive verb To eject as if from the mouth.
- intransitive verb To emit suddenly and forcefully.
- intransitive verb To eject matter from the mouth; expectorate.
- intransitive verb To express contempt or animosity, especially by ejecting matter from the mouth.
- intransitive verb To make a hissing or sputtering noise.
- intransitive verb To rain or snow in light, scattered drops or flakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thrust a spit through; pierce, transfix, or impale with or as with a spit: as, to
spit a loin of veal. - To string on a stick and hang up to dry, as herring in a smoke-house.
- To roast anything on a spit; attend to a spit; use a spit.
- noun A slender bar, sharply pointed at the end, to be thrust through meat which is to be roasted in front of the fire.
- noun A sword.
- noun The obelisk or dagger () used as a reference-mark.
- noun A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.
- noun In weaving, the spindle or wire which holds the cop, spool, or pirn in the shuttle.
- To eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- To fall in scattered drops, as rain.
- To make a noise as if spitting, like an angry cat.
- To eject from the mouth; spew; especially, to eject as or with saliva: as, to
spit blood. - noun A spade; hence, the depth of a spade in the earth; a spading or spadeful.
- noun What is ejected from the mouth; saliva; spume.
- noun The act of spitting: as, a cat gives an angry spit.
- noun In entomology:
- noun The spume of certain inseets; a frothy, fleecy, or waxy substance secreted by various homopterous bugs from specialized pores scattered over the general surface of the body.
- noun An insect which produces such spume: as, the cuckoo-spit, Ptyelus spumarius. See
spittle-insect . - noun A light fall of rain or snow; especially, rain or snow falling in light gusts or scattered drops or flakes.
- noun Image; likeness.
- To spade; plant by spading.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
- transitive verb To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
- transitive verb To eject; to throw out; to belch.
- transitive verb To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale.
- transitive verb Prov. Eng. To spade; to dig.
- intransitive verb To throw out saliva from the mouth.
- intransitive verb To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
- intransitive verb to insult grossly; to treat with contempt.
- noun A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
- noun A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.
- noun Prov. Eng. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
- noun The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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who had ridden on the shoulders of the crowd in the first year of Alfonsín's government, was by the end of his term spit upon by his own
The Commanding Heights DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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One of his economics ministers, who had ridden on the shoulders of the crowd in the first year of Alfonsín’s government, was by the end of his term spit upon by his own neighbors when he dared to venture outside his home.
THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998
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I think it would be pretty neat if Lucasarts released the adventure games into a collection for the PC and Wii ... entitled "The Adventure Collection of Lucasarts" {If any of you guys have any names for a title spit them out}.
AdventureGamers.com 2009
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Naples and Gulf Coast high schools hosted anti-tobacco activist Rick Bender to hear his story of his tobacco use, smokeless tobacco which he calls spit tobacco.
unknown title 2008
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A room full of angry people, one of them covered in spit
That wee bit closer this morning.... Alan Smart 2009
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A room full of angry people, one of them covered in spit
Swine Flu - A Damien McBride Conspiracy? Alan Smart 2009
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I tried bogle merlot the other day and it was so oaky I spit is out.
Fred Franzia and American wine under $10 | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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A room full of angry people, one of them covered in spit
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A room full of angry people, one of them covered in spit
The First, Last and Only Word on this Fantastic day Alan Smart 2009
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A room full of angry people, one of them covered in spit
Pre-Revolutionary Scotland 2009 Alan Smart 2009
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