spit taken.

Brit.

/ˈspɪt teɪk/, U.S.

/ˈspɪt ˌteɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spit n.², take n.¹

Etymology: < spit n.² + take n.¹ (compare sense 10 at that entry), probably after double take n.

An act of suddenly spitting out the liquid one is drinking as a reaction to something surprising or funny, esp. as a technique in comedic acting.

ΚΠ

1971 Esquire Feb. 91 Students are practicing the ‘spit take’ made so famous by Danny Thomas on Make Room for Daddy.

1991 Vogue Sept. 380/1 After sixty-nine years, forty-five of them spent in Hollywood, he still finds spit takes and trouser-zipper jokes hilarious.

2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 May 54/2 I sat at the bar. And then I practically did a spit-take when I saw that the entire Gyllenhaal family was sitting just a few feet away from me.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spit take
释义	spit taken. Brit. /ˈspɪt teɪk/, U.S. /ˈspɪt ˌteɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spit n.², take n.¹ Etymology: < spit n.² + take n.¹ (compare sense 10 at that entry), probably after double take n. An act of suddenly spitting out the liquid one is drinking as a reaction to something surprising or funny, esp. as a technique in comedic acting. ΚΠ 1971 Esquire Feb. 91 Students are practicing the ‘spit take’ made so famous by Danny Thomas on Make Room for Daddy. 1991 Vogue Sept. 380/1 After sixty-nine years, forty-five of them spent in Hollywood, he still finds spit takes and trouser-zipper jokes hilarious. 2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 May 54/2 I sat at the bar. And then I practically did a spit-take when I saw that the entire Gyllenhaal family was sitting just a few feet away from me. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1971
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