spitting
51spitting — n. act of expelling saliva from the mouth, expectorating adj. that spits, that ejects saliva from the mouth spɪt n. saliva; act of ejecting saliva; pointed rod on which meat is roasted; perfect likeness; light rainfall or snowfall; narrow… …
52spitting — spit·ting …
53spitting cobra — noun Date: 1910 any of several cobras (as Naja nigricollis and Hemachatus haemachatus of Africa) that in defense typically eject their venom toward the victim without striking …
54spitting image — noun Etymology: alteration of spit and image Date: 1887 image 3b …
55spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, esp. the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals. [1905 10] * * * …
56spitting 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] * * * …
57spitting cobra — noun Any of various cobras of the genus Naja that can spit venom …
58spitting 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 …
59spitting 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,… …
60spitting 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 …
