spit

spit1 [ spıt ] (past tense and past participle spit or spat [ spæt ] ) verb *

1. ) intransitive to force some of the clear liquid called saliva out from your mouth:

Dino leaned over and spat on the ground.

The woman spat and shouted insults as they passed by.

a ) spit or spit out transitive to force something such as food or drink out from your mouth, especially because it is unpleasant or harmful:

Kary spit the squash back onto her plate.

It was disgusting he just chewed them all up and spat them out again.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to make a series of quick loud noises, especially when forcing small pieces of something into the air:

The machine spat chips of wood onto the ground.

mud spitting from the tires of our bikes

3. ) intransitive or transitive usually progressive BRITISH to rain just a little. American sprinkle

4. ) spit or spit out transitive MAINLY LITERARY to say something quickly and angrily:

Politicians spat insults at each other during the debate.

within spitting distance (of something) MAINLY SPOKEN

next to or extremely near something:

I work within spitting distance of the museum.

`spit at transitive

spit at someone to force SALIVA out of your mouth in the direction of someone else as an insult:

That kid just spat at me!

,spit `out phrasal verb transitive INFORMAL

1. ) same as SPIT1 1A:

Babies are always spitting their food out.

2. ) same as SPIT1 4:

Is that it money? She spat the word out.

spit it out

used for telling someone to hurry and say something when they are too nervous or embarrassed to say it

,spit `up phrasal verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN INFORMAL

if a baby or animal spits up, or if it spits something up, it brings a small amount of food back up from its stomach and out of its mouth

spit up blood

to cause blood to come up from your body and out through your mouth, usually because you are sick or hurt

spit

spit 2 [ spıt ] noun

1. ) uncount INFORMAL the clear liquid in your mouth: SALIVA

2. ) count a long sharp piece of metal used for holding and turning meat as it cooks over a fire:

lamb roasted on a spit

3. ) count a long narrow area of land that stretches out into an ocean or lake

be the (dead) spit of someone BRITISH MAINLY SPOKEN

used for saying that someone looks exactly like another person. American usually be the spitting image of someone

spit and polish INFORMAL

a complete cleaning, usually for a special event