Definitions

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  • adjective characterised by spitting
  • adjective tending to spit frequently
  • adjective covered in saliva

Etymologies

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spit +‎ -y

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Examples

  • And siding with Roberto "spitty" Alomar over Davey Johnson, etc. etc. etc.)

    Blog updates 2009

  • There was never a place for Jake to set the heavy cases of beer while the man rang him up, so covered was the counter with piles of the spitty spent shells.

    The Place He Had to Go Cortney McLellan 2011

  • Speak the truth get a slap on the hand ..... too bad Glassman didn't use the word that rhyms with spitty to describe their economic acumen like our trusted public offical did 12 times in questioning with Goldman.

    Controversial memo sends financial giant backtracking 2010

  • "Banter", for me, is like a spitty wind, one that either breezes past gently, or batters me round the cheeks with its mindless force.

    The joke's on them 2012

  • Speak the truth get a slap on the hand ..... too bad Glassman didn't use the word that rhyms with spitty to describe their economic acumen like our trusted public offical did 12 times in questioning with Goldman.

    Controversial memo sends financial giant backtracking 2010

  • There was never a place for Jake to set the heavy cases of beer while the man rang him up, so covered was the counter with piles of the spitty spent shells.

    The Place He Had to Go Cortney McLellan 2011

  • Beth, whose mouth is always wet and spitty in the corners, raises her hand.

    Boys and Girls Like You and Me Aryn Kyle 2010

  • In infants, be sure to burp your baby frequently during feedings every 1 to 2 ounces or every five minutes when breast-feeding if he or she is a spitty baby and prop up your baby after meals to allow gravity to work; backwash can happen more easily when an infant is lying down flat.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • There's an inch of snow on the ground, and it's supposed to be intermittently spitty through the beginning of next week, but nothing serious.

    i have seen the spectre. he has been here too. matociquala 2008

  • In infants, be sure to burp your baby frequently during feedings every 1 to 2 ounces or every five minutes when breast-feeding if he or she is a spitty baby and prop up your baby after meals to allow gravity to work; backwash can happen more easily when an infant is lying down flat.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

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