spit
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/spɪt/
English
Definitions
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.
verb
- To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.“to spit a loin of veal”
- To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.“She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.”
noun
- A sudden impact or blow.
- The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- A slam dunk.
- An insult.“I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.”
noun
- A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.
- Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
noun
- A shambling fellow.
noun
- Saliva, especially when expectorated.“There was spit all over the washbasin.”
- 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)
verb
- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.“a hot pan spitting droplets of fat”
- To utter (something) violently.
- (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
noun
- 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.
verb
- To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- To plant (something) using a spade.
- To dig, to spade.
Related words
Synonyms
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