spit
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
spit
n 1: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn:
{spit}, {tongue}]
2: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands
and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts
the digestion of starches [syn: {saliva}, {spit}, {spittle}]
3: a skewer for holding meat over a fire
4: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn:
{spit}, {spitting}, {expectoration}]
v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
"The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
[syn: {spit}, {ptyalize}, {ptyalise}, {spew}, {spue}]
2: utter with anger or contempt [syn: {spit}, {spit out}]
3: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
[syn: {sprinkle}, {spit}, {spatter}, {patter}, {pitter-
patter}]
4: drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" [syn:
{skewer}, {spit}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spit} ({Spat}, archaic); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [AS. spittan; akin to G.
sp["u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E.
spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan
to spit. Cf. {Spat}, n., {Spew}, {Spawl}, {Spot}, n.]
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other
matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."
--Chaucer.
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2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past
participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spitted on." --Luke xviii. 32.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spit \Spit\, n. [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G.
spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz
pointed. [root]170.]
1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding
meat while roasting.
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2. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long,
narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a
spit of sand. --Cook.
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3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a
spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
240 Moby Thesaurus words for "spit":
andiron, assibilate, assibilation, auger, bayonet, bill, bite,
bore, breakwater, broach, buzz, cape, chain, chersonese, clack,
click, clone, coal tongs, color, copy, coral reef, counterpart,
countersink, crack, crackle, crane, crepitate, crook, dagger,
damper, decrepitate, delta, dirk, discharge, double, dribble,
drill, drivel, drizzle, drool, drum, duplicate, effervesce,
effervescence, effervescing, eject, empierce, expectorate,
expectoration, fall, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, fix, fizz,
fizzle, fizzling, flush, foam, font, foreland, fount, fountain,
frication, frictional rustling, froth, frown, geyser, glare,
glower, gnarl, gore, gouge, gouge out, grate, grating, grid,
griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, growl, grumble, gush, hawk,
head, headland, hiss, hissing, hole, honeycomb, hook, hush,
hushing, image, impale, jet, knife, lance, lifter, likeness, lisp,
look daggers, lower, mantle, mizzle, mouth-watering, mull, naze,
needle, ness, patter, pelt, penetrate, peninsula, perforate,
picture, pierce, pink, pitter-patter, play, plunge in, point,
poker, poniard, portrait, pothook, pour, pour with rain,
precipitate, prick, promontory, ptyalism, punch, puncture, rain,
rain tadpoles, ream, ream out, redden, reef, rhonchus, riddle,
ringer, rip out, run through, rush, saber, salamander, saliva,
salivate, salivation, sandspit, scowl, shower, shower down, shush,
shushing, sialagogue, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle,
sigmatism, simulacrum, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling,
skewer, slabber, slaver, slobber, snap, snarl, sneeze, sneezing,
sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spatter, spear, spew,
spike, spitting image, spittle, splutter, spout, spouter, spray,
sprinkle, spritz, spur, spurt, spurtle, sputter, sputum, squash,
squelch, squirt, squish, stab, sternutation, stertor, stick,
stiletto, stream, surge, swish, sword, tap, tattoo, tongs, tongue,
transfix, transpierce, trepan, trephine, tripod, trivet, turnspit,
twin, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, water, weep, well, wheeze,
whish, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zip
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