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单词 spit
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Idioms for spit

    spit and image, Informal. exact likeness; counterpart: Hunched over his desk, pen in hand, he was the spit and image of his father at work.Also spitting image, spit 'n' image.

Origin of spit

1
before 950; (v.) Middle English spitten,Old English spittan; cognate with German (dial.) spitzen to spit; akin to Old English spǣtan to spit, spātl spittle; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR spit

3 spatter.
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OTHER WORDS FROM spit

spitlike, adjective

Words nearby spit

spiruroid, Spiruroidea, spiry, spissatus, spissitude, spit, spital, spit and polish, spitball, spitballer, spitchcock

Definition for spit (2 of 2)

spit2
[ spit ]
/ spɪt /

noun

a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
any of various rods, pins, or the like used for particular purposes.
a narrow point of land projecting into the water.
a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore.

verb (used with object), spit·ted, spit·ting.

to pierce, stab, or transfix, as with a spit; impale on something sharp.
to thrust a spit into or through.

Origin of spit

2
before 1000; Middle English spite,Old English spitu; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German spit, spet,Old High German spiz spit; akin to Old Norse spīta peg
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British Dictionary definitions for spit (1 of 3)

spit1
/ (spɪt) /

verb spits, spitting, spat or spit

noun

Derived forms of spit

spitter, noun

Word Origin for spit

Old English spittan; related to spǣtan to spit, German dialect spitzen

British Dictionary definitions for spit (2 of 3)

spit2
/ (spɪt) /

noun

a pointed rod on which meat is skewered and roasted before or over an open fire
Also called: rotisserie, rotating spit a similar device rotated by electricity or clockwork, fitted onto a cooker
an elongated often hooked strip of sand or shingle projecting from the shore, deposited by longshore drift, and usually above water

verb spits, spitting or spitted

(tr) to impale on or transfix with or as if with a spit

Word Origin for spit

Old English spitu; related to Old High German spiz spit, Norwegian spit tip

British Dictionary definitions for spit (3 of 3)

spit3
/ (spɪt) /

noun

the depth of earth cut by a spade; a spade's depth

Word Origin for spit

C16: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spit
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