Make you spit - If something makes you spit, it irritates you or makes you angry.
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Spit blood - If someone is spitting blood, they are absolutely furious.
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Spit it out - People say this when someone has something to say but is too embarrassed, shy, etc, to say it.
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Spit the dummy - Reference to an infant spitting out their dummy (or pacifier) in order to cry. 'To spit the dummy' is to give up.
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Spitting image - If a person is the spitting image of somebody, they look exactly alike.('Spit and image' is also used and some suggest it is a hasty pronunciation of "spirit & image", to suggest that someone completely resembles someone else. Example: He's the spirit & image of his grandfather.)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
AS. spittan,; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. spta, and prob. E. spew,. The past tense spat, is due to AS. sptte, from sptan, to spit. Cf. Spat (n.) Spew Spawl Spot (n.)
In literature:
When the cook had prepared the meat for roasting, he found that the dog which should have wrought the spit had disappeared.
"Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals" by R. Lee
But as the Eye of Re she was identified with the fire-spitting uraeus-serpent which the king or god wore on his forehead.
"The Evolution of the Dragon" by G. Elliot Smith
Anon the gumchewer spits.
"A Book of Burlesques" by H. L. Mencken
In the lee of Shingle Spit it was calm enough, and so, for all the boom of the sea outside, Bess had time for revery.
"Sonnie-Boy's People" by James B. Connolly
Come on, spit it out.
"Spring Street" by James H. Richardson
Cooper squatted down beside the coals of the cooking fire and twirled the spit.
"Project Mastodon" by Clifford Donald Simak
As Edgar and his friend were watching the French fleet a vessel was seen over the spit of sand.
"At Aboukir and Acre" by George Alfred Henty
He sat crouched like a vicious dog on the window-ledge, howling and spitting at us as we passed.
"Across Unknown South America" by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
Do you agree... you little spit-fire, eh?
"A Ghetto Violet" by Leopold Kompert
If you allow that man in my apartment again I will spit you both.
"The False Chevalier" by William Douw Lighthall
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In poetry:
"Once I too marched in Flanders,
The very spit of you,
And just a hundred years since,
To fall at Waterloo.
"Comrades" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
"But now you march in Flanders,
The very spit of me;
To the ending of the day's march
I'll bear you company."
"Comrades" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
And I think still of men in green
On the Soputa track,
With fifteen spitting tommy-guns
To keep the jungle back.
"Men In Green" by David Campbell
A ring of fire its lips were nigh
Yet it seemed all unwitting;
It could not spit, like you and I,
Who've learned the art of spitting.
"The Smoking Frog" by Robert W Service
If you do not want your heart
Burnt at a small flame
Like a spitted sheep,
Fly the love of women.
Fire burns what it touches,
But love burns from afar.
"Fire And Love" by Edward Powys Mathers
My friend may spit upon my curious floore:
Would he have gold? I lend it instantly; But let the poore,
And thou within them starve at doore.
I cannot use a friend, as I use Thee.
"Unkindnesse" by George Herbert
In news:
Michael Tusk's Spit-Roasted Suckling Pig.
Michael Tusk's Spit-Roasted Suckling Pig .
I didn't spit my gum out, because I go through a lot of gum normally.
Swish -And-Spit Sports Drink Strategy.
Termite spit may soon help fill our gas tanks.
Seed-spitting And Terrarium -building Fun.
Mom says teacher told students to spit on boy.
School officials confirm the teacher involved in an alleged spitting incident has been placed on administrative leave.
Mom Says Teacher Told Students to Spit on Her Son.
Michael Tusk 's Spit-Roasted Suckling Pig.
Michael Tusk 's Spit-Roasted Suckling Pig – Find advice about this and other Recipes essentials from Men's Journal.
Central to it is a "cupping" room, in which testers sip their java and then spit it out like one does during a wine tasting.
Allentown man accused of spitting cocaine on Wind Gap officer.
Should I spit on his grave, create a scene, or even attend it.
Burmese Generals Ask Less Spit, More Polish.
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In science:
Both server side and client side Black List are very useless against Direct IP Spitting for different reasons.
SPAM over Internet Telephony and how to deal with it
Client sided Black Lists are circumvented by Direct IP Spitting, because the caller can take on any identity in order to place calls.
SPAM over Internet Telephony and how to deal with it
The authors of explain that the user feedback can be used additionally for calls that were not detected by other SPIT preventing components.
SPAM over Internet Telephony and how to deal with it
Again we will also take a closer look of practical issues of the anti SPIT mechanism.
SPAM over Internet Telephony and how to deal with it
The reason for this argumentation is, that the user must classify a call as SPIT via a button or by entering a value.
SPAM over Internet Telephony and how to deal with it
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