spit

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
spits
  1. 1.

    A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

    Đồng nghĩa: broach

  2. 2.

    (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.

  3. 3.

    (uncountable)Saliva, especially when expectorated.

    There was spit all over the washbasin.

    Đồng nghĩa: expectoration, spittle

  4. 4.

    (countable)An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

  5. 5.

    (countable, uncountable)Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.

  6. 6.

    (uncountable)Synonym of slam (“card game”).

    Đồng nghĩa: slam

  7. 7.

    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.

  8. 8.

    The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

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verb
V_es/s
spits
V_ing/Gerund
spitting
V_ed/pp
spittedspat
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

    to spit a loin of veal

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

    She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

  3. 3.

    (ambitransitive)To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

    Đồng nghĩa: expectorate

  4. 4.

    (ambitransitive)To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.

    a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

  5. 5.

    (impersonal)To rain or snow slightly.

    Does it rain? — It's nobbut spitting a bit.

  6. 6.

    (ambitransitive)To utter (something) violently.

  7. 7.

    (intransitive)To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

  8. 8.

    (slang, transitive)(transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

  9. 9.

    (humorous, intransitive, slang)(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.

    He's spitting for sure.

  10. 10.

    (dialectal, transitive)To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

  11. 11.

    (dialectal, transitive)To plant (something) using a spade.

  12. 12.

    (dialectal, intransitive)To dig, to spade.

    Đồng nghĩa: delve

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ine-pro The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte, from Old English spitu (rod on which meat is cooked; spit), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (rod; skewer; spike), *spituz (rod on which meat is cooked; stick), from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, *spey- (sharp; sharp stick). The English word is cognate with spit, Spitt, spid, spett.

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