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[syn: spit, spitting, expectoration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spitting.] [From Spit, n.; cf. Speet.]
1. 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." --Shak.
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2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spitting
n 1: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn:
spit, spitting, expectoration]