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| spit [ spit ] |
verb (past participle spit or spat, present participle spit·ting, 3rd person present singular spits) |
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1. intransitive verb eject saliva: to expel saliva forcefully from the mouth
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2. intransitive verb expel saliva to show contempt: to show anger, contempt, or hatred by or as if by expelling saliva
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3. transitive verb expel something from your mouth: to eject something such as food forcefully from the mouth
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4. transitive and intransitive verb emit something: to sputter and emit something such as sparks or fat
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5. intransitive verb hiss: to make hissing explosive sounds
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6. intransitive verb rain or snow lightly: to rain or snow lightly or in scattered drops or flakes
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7. transitive verb utter something angrily: to utter something sharply and angrily
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noun (plural spits) |
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1. spittle from mouth: saliva, especially when ejected from the mouth
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2. expulsion of something from mouth: a forceful ejection of saliva or something else from the mouth
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| [ Old English spittan< Indo-European] |
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  spit·ter noun |
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spit it out to say something at once, especially something that has been withheld (informal)usually used as a command
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