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31spitting distance — /ˈspɪtɪŋ dɪstns/ (say spiting distns) phrase within spitting distance, Colloquial at a very short distance: to live within spitting distance of the train station …
32Spitting — 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.… …
33Spitting — Spit Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [From {Spit}, n.; cf. {Speet}.] 1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. Infants spitted upon pikes.… …
34spitting spider — noun any spider from the family Scytodidae. These spiders catch their prey by spitting an immobilizing fluid at them …
35spitting distance — noun A short distance. [N]o less than forty defaulters in the executive, within spitting distance of the President, have not alone been proved so, but still retain their places …
36spitting image — noun /ˈspɪtɪŋ ˈɪmɪʤ/ The exact likeness (of someone). Blimey, youre the spitting image of my brother …
37spitting — adj. Spitting is used with these nouns: ↑image …
38spitting image — See the spitting image …
39spitting mad — very angry, pissed off [B] Mom was spitting mad when you ran across her flower garden …
40spitting nails — very angry, very mad, hot, pissed [B] Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car …
