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spit
1 [spit]
verb, spit or spat, spit⋅ting, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. |
| 2. | to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth. |
| 3. | to sputter: grease spitting on the fire. |
| 4. | to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to eject from the mouth: The children were spitting watermelon seeds over the fence. |
| 6. | to throw out or emit like saliva: The kettle spits boiling water over the stove. |
| 7. | to set a flame to. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 8. | saliva, esp. when ejected. |
| 9. | the act of spitting. |
| 10. | Entomology. spittle. |
| 11. | a light fall of rain or snow. |
| 12. | spit up, to vomit; throw up: The wounded soldier spat up blood. If you jostle the baby, she'll spit up. |
| 13. | spit and image. Also, spitting image, spit 'n' image. Informal. exact likeness; counterpart: Hunched over his desk, pen in hand, he was the spit and image of his father at work. |
Origin:
bef. 950; (v.) ME spitten, OE spittan; c. G (dial.) spitzen to spit; akin to OE spǣtan to spit, spātl spittle; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.
bef. 950; (v.) ME spitten, OE spittan; c. G (dial.) spitzen to spit; akin to OE spǣtan to spit, spātl spittle; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
spitlike, adjective
Synonyms:
3. spatter.
3. spatter.
spit
2 [spit]
noun, verb, spit⋅ted, spit⋅ting.–noun
| 1. | a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire. |
| 2. | any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes. |
| 3. | a narrow point of land projecting into the water. |
| 4. | a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp. |
| 6. | to thrust a spit into or through. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME spite, OE spitu; c. MD, MLG spit, spet, OHG spiz spit; akin to ON spīta peg
bef. 1000; ME spite, OE spitu; c. MD, MLG spit, spet, OHG spiz spit; akin to ON spīta peg

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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. 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. 3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.Spit
Spit\, v. i. To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.] She's spitting in the kitchen. --Old Play.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. 2. To eject; to throw out; to belch. 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.Spit
Spit\, n. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.Spit
Spit\, v. i. 1. To throw out saliva from the mouth. 2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles. It had been spitting with rain. --Dickens. To spit on or upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. "Spitting upon all antiquity." --South.
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Language Translation for : spit
Spanish:
saliva,
German:
die Spucke,
Japanese:
つば
spit (v.)
"expel saliva," O.E. spittan (Anglian), spætan (W.Saxon), from PIE *sp(y)eu-, of imitative origin (see spew). Not the usual O.E. word for this; spætlan (see spittle) and spiwan (see spew) are more common. Meaning "to eject saliva (at someone or something) as a gesture of contempt" is in O.E. The noun is attested from c.1300. Meaning "the very likeness" is attested from 1602 (e.g. spitting image, attested from 1901); cf. Fr. craché in same sense. Military phrase spit and polish first recorded 1895. Spitball is from 1846 in the schoolboy sense, 1905 in the baseball sense.
spit (n.)
"sharp-pointed rod on which meat is roasted," O.E. spitu, from P.Gmc. *spituz (cf. M.Du. spit, Swed. spett, O.H.G. spiz, Ger. Speiß "spit," Ger. spitz "pointed"), from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)). This is also the source of the word meaning "sandy point" (1673). O.Fr. espois, Sp. espeto "spit" are Gmc. loan-words. The verb meaning "to put on a spit" is recorded from c.1205.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1spit
Pronunciation: 'spit
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: spit or spat /'spat/; spit·ting
transitive senses
: to eject (as saliva) from the mouth spit intransitive senses
: to eject saliva from the mouth
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SPIT
Language for IBM 650. (See IT).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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