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Spit   /spɪt/   Listen
Spit

noun
1.
A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.  Synonym: 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.  Synonyms: saliva, spittle.
3.
A skewer for holding meat over a fire.
4.
The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).  Synonyms: expectoration, spitting.
verb
(past & past part. spat; pres. part. spitting)
1.
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.  Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue.
2.
Utter with anger or contempt.  Synonym: spit out.
3.
Rain gently.  Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spatter, sprinkle.
4.
Drive a skewer through.  Synonym: skewer.



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"Spit" Quotes from Famous Books



... operations might be going on at the same time without thwarting, as the sun's two motions (earth's I mean); or as I sometimes turn round till I am giddy, in my back parlor, while my sister is walking longitudinally in the front; or as the shoulder of veal twists round with the spit, while the smoke wreathes up the chimney. But there are a set of amateurs of the Belies Lettres,—the gay science,—who come to me as a sort of rendezvous, putting questions of criticism, of British Institutions, Lalla Rookhs, etc.,—what ...
— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb
... about 1660, Elford's white iron machine (sheet iron coated with tin) which was "turned on a spit by a jack.[362]" This was simply a larger size of the individual cylinder roaster, and was designed for family or commercial use. Modifications were developed by the French and Dutch. In the seventeenth century ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... it to me? I am no longer a musketeer, am I? Let them be on horseback, let them be on foot, let them carry a larding-pin, a spit, a sword, or nothing—what is ...
— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... me—with us," laughed Philidor with a glance at Yvonne. They all took a hand in preparing the meal, which was to be magnificent. Luigi built another fire for the chicken which was to be roasted on a spit, and the coffee pot ...
— Madcap • George Gibbs
... stood him in good stead. His keen, strong teeth had bitten through the extemporized gag, and as a result the tension of the handkerchief which had held it in place had become relaxed, enabling him to rid himself of it and to spit out the fragments of filthy-tasting wood which the biting operation had ...
— Dope • Sax Rohmer


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