spittyadj.
/ˈspɪti/, U.S. /ˈspɪdi/ Resembling spit; spitting or inclined to spit. Also figurative.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [adjective] > spitting
sputtering1598
spawling1603
sputativea1639
spitting1688
spitty1742
expectorative1863
1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June x. 96 They believe the Grass-hopper will breed from this spitty Matter.
1865 H. J. Daniel Muse in Motley 43 He wud spet, Iss, spetty like a toad.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. June 388/1 It took longer to get acquainted with the Major, who..spoke in such a spitty, hissy, foreign kind of way.
1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I vi. 99 Great winds came bounding down..; blew rain at us in spitty gusts.
1950 Audio Engin. Sept. 32/2 The program material sounds ragged and spitty, and the whisker at the main peak can sometimes be detected.
1976 U. Holden String Horses ii. 26 Lavender..smiled her spitty smile.
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