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21spit — 1 past tense and past participle spat also spit AmE present participle spitting verb 1 LIQUID FROM YOUR MOUTH (I) to blow a small amount of saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) out of your mouth (+ at/on): Mom, Judy spit at me! | Kevin cleared his… …
22spit up — verb 1. give reluctantly He coughed up some money for his children s tuition • Syn: ↑cough up, ↑pony up • Hypernyms: ↑give • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
23spit — spit1 spitlike, adj. /spit/, v., spit or spat, spitting, n. v.i. 1. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. 2. to express hatred, contempt, etc., by or as if by ejecting saliva from the mouth. 3. to sputter: grease spitting on the fire. 4.… …
24spit out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms spit out : present tense I/you/we/they spit out he/she/it spits out present participle spitting out past tense spat out past participle spat out informal 1) same as spit I, 1), a) Babies are always spitting… …
25spit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spitu; akin to Old High German spiz spit, spizzi pointed Date: before 12th century 1. a slender pointed rod for holding meat over a fire 2. a small point of land especially of sand or gravel… …
26spit at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms spit at : he/she/it spits at present participle spitting at past tense spat at past participle spat at spit at someone to force saliva out of your mouth in the direction of someone else as an insult That kid… …
27spit — I. /spɪt / (say spit) verb (spat or spit, spitting) –verb (i) 1. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. 2. to do this at or on a person, etc., to express hatred, contempt, etc. 3. to sputter. 4. to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain …
28spit — I 1. verb 1) Cranston coughed and spat Syn: expectorate; informal hawk, gob 2) Go to hell , she spat Syn: snap, say angrily, hiss 3) the fat began to spit Syn …
29spit — spit1 verb (spits, spitting; past and past participle spat or spit) 1》 eject saliva forcibly from one s mouth. ↘forcibly eject (food or liquid) from one s mouth. ↘(spit up) N. Amer. (especially of a baby) vomit. 2》 utter in a hostile way …
30spit — English has two words spit in current usage. Spit ‘eject saliva’ [OE] is one of a sizable group of English words beginning sp which denote ‘ejecting or discharging liquid’. Others include spew [OE], spout [14], spurt [16], and sputter [16]. They… …
