Spit

[spɪt]

Definition

(noun.) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).

(noun.) a skewer for holding meat over a fire.

(noun.) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea.

(verb.) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; 'The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer'.

(verb.) utter with anger or contempt.

Edited by Cheryl--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.

(n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.

(n.) To spade; to dig.

(v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.

(imp. & p. p.) of Spit

(n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.

(n.) To eject; to throw out; to belch.

(n.) The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

(v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.

(v. i.) To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

Editor: Mary

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Spawl, sputter.

n. Spittle, saliva, spawl.

Editor: Ramon

Definition

n. an iron prong on which meat is roasted: a long piece of land or a narrow shoal running into the sea: a wire or spindle holding a spool in a shuttle.—v.t. to pierce with a spit: to string on a stick and hang up to dry:—pr.p. spit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. spit′ted.—p.adj. Spit′ted put upon a spit impaled: shot out to a point.—n. Spit′ter one who puts meat on a spit: a young deer whose antlers have shot out but not branched.

v.t. to throw out from the mouth: to eject with violence.—v.i. to throw out saliva from the mouth: to fall in scattered drops as rain at the beginning of a shower: to make a spitting sound like an angry cat:—pr.p. spit′ting; pa.t. spit spat; pa.p. spit.—n. saliva spume: a light fall of rain or snow.—ns. Spit′-box a spittoon; Spit′-curl (coll.) a soap-lock; Spit′fire a hot-tempered person; Spit′poison a venomous calumniator.—pa.p. Spit′ted (B.) thrown out from the mouth.—ns. Spit′ter one who spits; Spit′ting the act of one who or that which spits: an appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal—also called Sprout′ing; Spit′tle the moist matter thrown from the mouth: saliva; Spittoon′ a vessel for the convenience of such smokers as spit.

Typist: Trevor