spit
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
- Saliva, especially when expectorated.
- An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image).
- Synonym of slam (“card game”).
- The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
- The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
- Abbreviation of spam over Internet telephony.
Verb
- To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
- To rain or snow slightly.
- To utter (something) violently.
- To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- To rap, to utter.
- (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
- To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- To plant (something) using a spade.
- To dig, to spade.
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