spit

spit
spit1
verb (spits, spitting; past and past participle spat or spit)
1》 eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth.
    ↘forcibly eject (food or liquid) from one's mouth.
    ↘(spit up) N. Amer. (especially of a baby) vomit.
2》 utter in a hostile way.
3》 (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of explosive noises.
4》 (it spits, it is spitting, etc.) Brit. light rain falls.
noun
1》 saliva.
2》 an act of spitting.
Phrases
be the spit (or the dead spit) of informal look exactly like. [see spitting image.]
spit blood (or Austral. chips) feel or express vehement anger.
spit in the eye (or face) of show contempt or scorn for.
spit it out [in imperative] informal say something unhesitatingly.
spit-and-sawdust Brit. informal (of a pub) old-fashioned and simple, of a type whose floor was originally covered with sawdust.
Derivatives
spitty adjective
Origin
OE spittan, of imitative origin.
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spit2
noun
1》 a long, thin metal rod pushed through meat in order to hold and turn it while it is roasted over an open fire.
2》 a narrow point of land projecting into the sea.
verb (spits, spitting, spitted) put a spit through (meat).
Origin
OE spitu, of W. Gmc origin.
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spit3
noun (plural same or spits) a layer of earth whose depth is equal to the length of the blade of a spade.
Origin
C16: from MDu. and Mid. Low Ger.; prob. related to spit2.

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