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51spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, esp. the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals. [1905 10] * * * …
52spitting image — Informal. See spit1 (def. 13). [1925 30; from the phrase spit and image (see SPIT1) by confusion of spit and with spittin ; cf. earlier the very spit of the exact likeness of] * * * …
53spitting cobra — noun Any of various cobras of the genus Naja that can spit venom …
54spitting — SYN: expectoration (2) …
55spitting distance — Synonyms and related words: ace, bit, bowshot, brief span, close quarters, close range, crack, earreach, earshot, gunshot, hair, hair space, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, inch, little, little ways, pistol shot, short distance, short piece, short way …
56spitting image — Synonyms and related words: Doppelganger, actual thing, carbon copy, companion, copy, dead ringer, ditto, double, duplicate, effigy, equivalent, exact counterpart, exact likeness, facsimile, fellow, homograph, homonym, homophone, icon, idem,… …
57spitting — The worst kind of insult was to spit into someone s face (Num. 12:14; Matt. 26:67), but sometimes Jesus spat in the performance of healings (Mark 7:33) …
58spitting image — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. mirror image, twin, likeness. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One exactly resembling another: double, duplicate, image, picture, portrait. Slang: ringer. See SAME …
59spitting image — spit|ting im|age [ ,spıtıŋ ımıdʒ ] noun count INFORMAL someone who looks exactly like another person …
60spitting image — Meaning The exact likeness. Origin Originally the spit and image . Spit may be a corruption of spirit . An alternative suggestion is that someone is as alike as if he/she had been spit from another person s mouth …
