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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'spɪt/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-spit.ogg



Etymology 1

spitu

Noun

  1. A rod on which meat is grilled (UK English) or broiled (US English).
  2. A narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.


Translations
  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|ražanj|m}}
  • Russian: вертел (v'ért'el)
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|коса|f|tr=kosá|sc=Cyrl}}

Verb

{{en-verb|spit|t|ed}}

  1. To impale on a spit.


Etymology 2

spittan

Verb

{{en-verb|spits|spitting|spat}}

  1. To evacuate saliva from the mouth.


Synonyms


Translations

Noun

  1. saliva|Saliva.
  2. An instance of spitting.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations

  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|spott|n}}


Category:Bodily fluids Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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Aleut

Pronoun

  1. you.
  2. yours.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, v. i.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]
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She's spitting in the kitchen. --Old Play.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p.
pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [AS. spittan; akin to G.
sp["u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E.
spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan
to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n.]
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other
matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."
--Chaucer.
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2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past
participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spitted on." --Luke xviii. 32.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, n. [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G.
spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz
pointed. [root]170.]
1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding
meat while roasting.
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2. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long,
narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a
spit of sand. --Cook.
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3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a
spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, n.
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle;
saliva; sputum.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, v. i.
1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
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2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
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It had been spitting with rain. --Dickens.
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To spit on or To spit upon, to insult grossly; to treat
with contempt. "Spitting upon all antiquity." --South.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spitting.] [From Spit, n.; cf. Speet.]
1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to
thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
"Infants spitted upon pikes." --Shak.
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2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet spit
n 1: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn: tongue]
2: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary
glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth
and starts the digestion of starches [syn: saliva, spittle]
3: a skewer for holding meat over a fire
4: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spitting,
expectoration]
v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
"The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
[syn: ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue]
2: utter with anger or contempt [syn: spit out]
3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick" [syn: sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter]
4: drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" [syn:
skewer]
[also: spitting, spitted, spat]
Moby Dictionary
andiron , assibilate , assibilation , auger , bayonet , bill , bite ,
bore , breakwater , broach , buzz , cape , chain , chersonese , clack ,
click , clone , coal tongs , color , copy , coral reef , counterpart ,
countersink , crack , crackle , crane , crepitate , crook , dagger ,
damper , decrepitate , delta , dirk , discharge , double , dribble ,
drill , drivel , drizzle , drool , drum , duplicate , effervesce ,
effervescence , effervescing , eject , empierce , expectorate ,
expectoration , fall , fire hook , fire tongs , firedog , fix , fizz ,
fizzle , fizzling , flush , foam , font , foreland , fount , fountain ,
frication , frictional rustling , froth , frown , geyser , glare ,
glower , gnarl , gore , gouge , gouge out , grate , grating , grid ,
griddle , gridiron , grill , griller , growl , grumble , gush , hawk ,
head , headland , hiss , hissing , hole , honeycomb , hook , hush ,
hushing , image , impale , jet , knife , lance , lifter , likeness , lisp ,
look daggers , lower , mantle , mizzle , mouth-watering , mull , naze ,
needle , ness , patter , pelt , penetrate , peninsula , perforate ,
picture , pierce , pink , pitter-patter , play , plunge in , point ,
poker , poniard , portrait , pothook , pour , pour with rain ,
precipitate , prick , promontory , ptyalism , punch , puncture , rain ,
rain tadpoles , ream , ream out , redden , reef , rhonchus , riddle ,
ringer , rip out , run through , rush , saber , salamander , saliva ,
salivate , salivation , sandspit , scowl , shower , shower down , shush ,
shushing , sialagogue , sibilance , sibilate , sibilation , siffle ,
sigmatism , simulacrum , siss , sissing , sizz , sizzle , sizzling ,
skewer , slabber , slaver , slobber , snap , snarl , sneeze , sneezing ,
sniff , sniffle , snore , snort , snuff , snuffle , spatter , spear , spew ,
spike , spitting image , spittle , splutter , spout , spouter , spray ,
sprinkle , spritz , spur , spurt , spurtle , sputter , sputum , squash ,
squelch , squirt , squish , stab , sternutation , stertor , stick ,
stiletto , stream , surge , swish , sword , tap , tattoo , tongs , tongue ,
transfix , transpierce , trepan , trephine , tripod , trivet , turnspit ,
twin , vomit , vomit forth , vomit out , water , weep , well , wheeze ,
whish , whistle , whistling , white noise , whiz , whoosh , zip


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