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spit
I. \ˈspi]t, usu ]d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English spite, from Old English spitu; akin to Middle Dutch spit, spet spit, Old High German spiz spit, spizzi pointed, Icelandic spīta peg, Latin spina thorn — more at spine
1.
a. : a usually metal stationary or revolving slender pointed rod for holding meat and other foods while cooking before or over a fire
b. archaic : sword
c. dialect Britain : a skewer on which fish (as herring) are hung to dry
d. : spindle 1d
e. : a steel rod on which drawn wire is wound as it leaves drawplates
2.
a. : a small point of land commonly consisting of sand or gravel deposited by waves and currents and running into a body of water — compare bar 2d
b. : a long narrow shoal extending from the shore
II. transitive verb
(spitted ; spitted ; spitting ; spits)
Etymology: Middle English spiten, from spite, n.
1. : to thrust a spit through : fix upon a spit
< over the floor were spread the glowing embers of a fire; and across it … were spitted four whole sheep — Oscar Handlin >
2. : to fix as if with a spit : impale
< spitted him on a bayonet — Mack Morriss >
III. \“, dial ˈspe]\ verb
(spit \“\ ; or spat \-pa]\ ; spit or spat also dialect spitted \-pid.ə̇d, -itə̇d\ ; or spit·ten \-pitən\ ; spitting ; spits)
Etymology: Middle English spitten, from Old English (northern dialect) spittan, of imitative origin
transitive verb
1.
a. : to eject from the mouth (as saliva) : expectorate
< got a cigar, bit off the end and spit it out — Wallace Stegner >
b.
(1) : to express (scorn, hatred, or malicious feelings) by or as if by spitting
< the old man simply spat his contempt and stumped away — Roderick Finkayson >
(2) : to utter with a spitting sound or scornful expression : utter in a scornful, malicious, venomous, rapid, or authoritative manner
< his father's face, spitting the one furious word — John Fountain >
< spat out the words with unmistakable passion — Helen Howe >
c. : to emit or eject as if by spitting : throw forth or out
< guns … capable of spitting heavy flak at guided missiles — Science >
< a machine … cuts the hay as it goes along, places it, ties it with wire, then spits it out the other side — Ralph Gustafson >
specifically : to emit (precipitation) in driving particles or short scattered flurries
< the sky spat rain tentatively — Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican >
2. : to set fire to : start burning
< spit a fuse >
intransitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to eject saliva as a gross insult or as a means of showing aversion or contempt — usually used with such prepositions as at, on, or upon
< spat in their own black, ugly eyes — T.B.Costain >
< spat contemptuously at the stove — R.H.Newman >
(2) : to possess or exhibit contempt — usually used with the phrase in the eye of
< spits in the eye of commercialism with these words — Ebony >
b. : to eject saliva : expectorate
< spit in the water and watched it bob away — R.O.Bowen >
< spat into the swept-up heap of rubbish — Herbert Gold >
2. : to rain or snow slightly or with scattered drops or flakes : fall in flurries
< the rain spits icily down — Kenneth Tynan >
3.
a. : to make a noise like that of expectoration : make a sudden short crackling or popping sound : sputter
< the eggs spit in the pan — A.R.Foff >
< the motor coughed and spit — R.S.Hillyer >
b. : to emit something or become emitted with a spitting sound
< the bullets spit into the sand below — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >
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- spit cotton
- spit it out
- spit sixpences
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from spitten, v. — more at spit III
1.
a.
(1) : the secretion normally occurring in the mouth : spittle, saliva, sputum
(2) : the act or an instance of spitting
b.
(1) : a frothing secretion resembling saliva exuded by spittlebugs
(2) : spittlebug
2. : a short distance
< followed him into the woods about one good spit from the door — William Faulkner >
3. [so called from a former popular saying that a child with a great resemblance to its father looks as much like him as if it had been spit out of his mouth] : perfect likeness : counterpart, image — usually used in the phrase spit and image
< the spit and image of his father >
4. : a falling of rain or snow in scattered particles : a sprinkle of rain or flurry of snow
V. \ˈspit\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle Dutch spitten to dig. spade and probably to Old English spitu spit — more at spit I
1. chiefly Britain : the depth of the blade of a spade
2. chiefly Britain
a. : a layer of earth as deep as the blade of a spade
b. : a spadeful of earth |