spit

• WordNet 3.6
  • v spit expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
  • v spit utter with anger or contempt
  • v spit drive a skewer through "skewer the meat for the BBQ"
  • v spit rain gently "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
  • n spit the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
  • n spit a skewer for holding meat over a fire
  • n spit 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
  • n spit a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
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• Interesting fact: In Radford, VA you are not allowed to spit, loogie, puke or urinate on the streets.
• • Spit A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
  • Spit 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.
  • Spit The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
  • n Spit The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
  • v. i Spit To attend to a spit; to use a spit. "She's spitting in the kitchen."
  • Spit To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."
  • Spit To eject; to throw out; to belch.
  • Spit To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles. "It had been spitting with rain."
  • Spit To spade; to dig.
  • Spit To throw out saliva from the mouth.
  • Spit 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."
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• Interesting fact: In Spit Bergen, Norway at one time of the year the sun shines continuously for three and a half months.
• • n spit A slender bar, sharply pointed at the end, to be thrust through meat which is to be roasted in front of the fire. The rotation of the spit brings all parts of the meat in turn to the heat. The ordinary spit is several feet long, and rests on supports at the sides of the fireplace. Shorter spits are used for small birds, kidneys, etc. See cut under spit-rack.
  • n spit A sword.
  • n spit The obelisk or dagger () used as a reference-mark.
  • n spit A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.
  • n spit In weaving, the spindle or wire which holds the cop, spool, or pirn in the shuttle.
  • spit To thrust a spit through; pierce, transfix, or impale with or as with a spit: as, to spit a loin of veal.
  • spit To string on a stick and hang up to dry, as herring in a smoke-house.
  • spit To roast anything on a spit; attend to a spit; use a spit.
  • spit To eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
  • spit To fall in scattered drops, as rain.
  • spit To make a noise as if spitting, like an angry cat.
  • spit To eject from the mouth; spew; especially, to eject as or with saliva: as, to spit blood.
  • n spit What is ejected from the mouth; saliva; spume.
  • n spit The act of spitting: as, a cat gives an angry spit.
  • n spit In entomology:
  • n spit 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.
  • n spit An insect which produces such spume: as, the cuckoo-spit, Ptyelus spumarius. See spittle-insect.
  • n spit A light fall of rain or snow; especially, rain or snow falling in light gusts or scattered drops or flakes.
  • n spit Image; likeness.
  • spit To spade; plant by spading.
  • n spit A spade; hence, the depth of a spade in the earth; a spading or spadeful.
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• Interesting fact: Over billions of years, black holes become white holes and they spit out all of the things they sucked in. the atoms are completely jumbled, so no one knows what will ever come out. Theoratically they'll also turn into a white hole. If you were unfortunate enough to fall within one, you would never actually hit -- because time would stop at some point within the event horizon (space outside) of the black hole. Thanx De Composed
• • n Spit spit 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 Spit 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
  • v.t Spit spit to throw out from the mouth: to eject with violence
  • v.i Spit 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 Spit saliva, spume: a light fall of rain or snow
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• Pablo Picasso

  

  “If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.”
• George Bernard Shaw

  

  “Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.”
• Diogenes of Sinope

  

  “In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.”
• Carl Sandburg

  

  “Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.”

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