spit

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verb (used without object)

to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.

to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth.

to sputter: grease spitting on the fire.

to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain or snow.

verb (used with object)

to eject from the mouth: The children were spitting watermelon seeds over the fence.

to throw out or emit like saliva: The kettle spits boiling water over the stove.

to set a flame to.

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noun

saliva, especially when ejected.

the act of spitting.

10.

Entomology. Also called spittle. the frothy secretion exuded by spittlebugs.

11.

a light fall of rain or snow.

Verb phrases

12.

spit up, to vomit; throw up: The wounded soldier spat up blood. If you jostle the baby, she'll spit up.

Idioms

13.

spit and image, Informal. exact likeness; counterpart: Hunched over his desk, pen in hand, he was the spit and image of his father at work. Also, spitting image, spit 'n' image.

Origin:
before 950; (v.) Middle English spitten, Old English spittan; cognate with German (dial.) spitzen to spit; akin to Old English spǣtan to spit, spātl spittle; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

Related forms

spit·like, adjective

Synonyms
3. spatter.

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noun

a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.

any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes.

a narrow point of land projecting into the water.

a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore.

verb (used with object)

to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp.

to thrust a spit into or through.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English spite, Old English spitu; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German spit, spet, Old High German spiz spit; akin to Old Norse spīta peg

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spit¹ (spɪt)

—vb (often foll by out) (often foll by out) , spits, spitting, spat, spit
1.	(intr) to expel saliva from the mouth; expectorate
2.	informal (intr) to show disdain or hatred by spitting
3.	(of a fire, hot fat, etc) to eject (fragments of coal, sparks, etc) violently and with an explosive sound; splutter
4.	(intr) to rain very lightly
5.	to eject or discharge (something) from the mouth: he spat the food out; to spit blood
6.	to utter (short sharp words or syllables), esp in a violent manner
7.	slang (Austral) spit chips Also (NZ): spit tacks to be very angry
8.	informal (Brit) spit it out! a command given to someone that he should speak forthwith

—n
9.	another name for spittle
10.	a light or brief fall of rain, snow, etc
11.	the act or an instance of spitting
12.	informal chiefly (Brit) another word for spitting image

[Old English spittan; related to spǣtan to spit, German dialect spitzen]

'spitter¹

—n

spit² (spɪt)

—n
1.	a pointed rod on which meat is skewered and roasted before or over an open fire
2.	rotisserie, Also called: rotating spit a similar device rotated by electricity or clockwork, fitted onto a cooker
3.	an elongated often hooked strip of sand or shingle projecting from the shore, deposited by longshore drift, and usually above water

—vb , spits, spitting, spitted
4.	(tr) to impale on or transfix with or as if with a spit

[Old English spitu; related to Old High German spiz spit, Norwegian spit tip]

spit³ (spɪt)

—n
	the depth of earth cut by a spade; a spade's depth

[C16: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spit]

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Word Origin & History

spit

"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

"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. Spieß "spit," Ger. spitz "pointed"), from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)). This is also the source of the word meaning "sandy point"

(1670s). O.Fr. espois, Sp. espeto "spit" are Gmc. loan-words. The verb meaning "to put on a spit" is recorded from c.1200.

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