spit
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (4)spat, spitted, spitting, spits, spited, spiting
- expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth“The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer”Synonyms: ptyalizeptyalisespewspueMore general expectorate, cough up
- utter with anger or contemptSynonyms: spit outMore general utter, emit
- rain gently“It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”Synonyms: sprinklespatterpatterpitter-patterMore general rain, rain down
- drive a skewer through“skewer the meat for the BBQ”Synonyms: skewerMore general pin
Noun (4)spits
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the seaSynonyms: tongueType of cape, nessMade of sand
- 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 starchesSynonyms: salivaspittleType of secretionKinds drool, tobacco juicePart of salivary glandMade of ptyalin
- a skewer for holding meat over a fireType of skewerKinds turnspit, brochettePart of rack, stand
- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)Synonyms: spittingexpectorationType of expulsion, projection
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Translations
Verb to evacuate from the mouth, etc
- Spanish
- escupir
- French
- cracher
- German
- spucken
- Italian
- sputare
- Portuguese
- cuspir
- Turkish
- tükürmek
- Russian
- плева́ть plevátʹ
- Arabic
- بَزَقَ bazaqa
- Chinese
- 吐口水 tǔ kǒushuǐ
- Japanese
- 唾を吐く tsuba o haku
26 more languages
- Dutch
- spuwen
- Polish
- pluć
- Swedish
- spotta
- Greek
- φτύνω ftýno
- Korean
- 뱉다 baetda
- Indonesian
- meludah
- Vietnamese
- khạc nhổ
- Hungarian
- köp
- Portuguese (PT)
- cuspir
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 吐痰 tǔtán
- Albanian
- pështyj
- Catalan
- escopir
- Czech
- plivat
- Danish
- spytte
- Esperanto
- kraĉi
- Estonian
- sülitama
- Finnish
- sylkeä
- Hebrew
- יָרַק yarak
- Icelandic
- hrækja
- Latvian
- spļaut
- Norwegian
- spytte
- Romanian
- scuipa
- Serbo-Croatian
- pljuvati
- Slovak
- pľuť
- Walloon
- raetchî
- Welsh
- poeri
Noun saliva, spittle
- Spanish
- escupida
- French
- crachat
- German
- Spucke
- Italian
- sputo
- Portuguese
- cuspe
- Turkish
- tükürük
- Russian
- слюна́ sljuná
- Arabic
- بُزَاق buzāq
- Chinese
- 吐沫 tùmo
- Japanese
- 唾 tsuba
23 more languages
- Dutch
- speeksel
- Polish
- ślina
- Swedish
- spott
- Korean
- 침 chim
- Indonesian
- ludah
- Vietnamese
- nước bọt
- Hungarian
- köpet
- Portuguese (PT)
- cuspe
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 吐沫 tùmo
- Catalan
- escopina
- Czech
- slina
- Danish
- spyt
- Finnish
- sylki
- Georgian
- ფურთხი purtxi
- Hebrew
- רוק rok
- Latvian
- spļāviens
- Norwegian
- spytt
- Romanian
- scuipat
- Scottish Gaelic
- smugaid
- Serbo-Croatian
- pljuvačka
- Slovak
- slina
- Slovenian
- slina
- Welsh
- poer
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. √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. Capt. James Cook
3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. dialect (England) James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
Origin: From Spit, noun; 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.” William Shakespeare
2. To spade; to dig. dialect (England)
To attend to a spit; to use a spit. obsolete
She's spitting in the kitchen.— Old Play.
Origin: AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, 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, noun, Spew, Spawl, Spot, noun
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. “Thus spit I out my venom.” Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
☞ Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. “He... shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.” Luke xviii. 32.
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
It had been spitting with rain.— Charles Dickens
To spit on or To spit upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. “Spitting upon all antiquity.” Robert South
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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