spit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.3.1.4 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.3.2.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Aleut 2.1 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'spɪt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -ɪt

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English spitu

[edit] Noun

spit (plural spits)

1. A rod on which meat is grilled (UK English) or broiled (US English).
2. A narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

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[edit] Verb

to spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spitted)

1. To impale on a spit.

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English spittan

[edit] Verb

to spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spat (UK) or spit (US))

1. (intransitive, transitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth.

   Don't spit on the street.

   The teacher told her to spit out her bubble gum.

2. (transitive) (slang, hip-hop) To utter.
   • 2005, Giselle Zado Wasfie, So Fly

     A group of black guys were spitting rhymes in the corner, slapping hands and egging one another on.

[edit] Usage notes

• Spit is the more common past form in the US.

[edit] Synonyms

• expectorate

[edit] Derived terms

• spit it out
• spitting chips

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[edit] Noun

spit (countable and uncountable; plural spits)

1. (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.
2. (countable) An instance of spitting.

[edit] Synonyms

• expectoration, saliva

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ipst
• pits
• stip, Štip
• tips

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[edit] Aleut

[edit] Pronoun

spit

1. you.
2. yours.