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spit

English

  1. 🔊 the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
  2. 🔊 a skewer for holding meat over a fire
  3. 🔊 a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
  4. 🔊 a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth
  5. 🔊 expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
    “The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer”
  6. 🔊 utter with anger or contempt
  7. 🔊 drive a skewer through
    “skewer the meat for the BBQ”
  8. 🔊 rain gently
    “It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 esputar to spit
  2. 🔊 escupir to spit, to spit out (evacuate saliva or another substance from the mouth)

Similar words

spitting expectoration saliva spittle tongue ptyalize ptyalise spew spue spit out skewer sprinkle spatter patter pitter-patter andiron assibilate assibilation auger bayonet bill bite bore breakwater