spit

/spɪt/

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

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

    to spit a loin of veal
  2. 2

    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

  1. 1

    A sudden impact or blow.

  2. 2

    The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

  3. 3

    A slam dunk.

  4. 4

    An insult.

    I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.
  5. 5

    The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

  6. 6

    A poetry slam.

  7. 7

    A slambook.

  8. 8

    The refuse of alum works.

  9. 9

    A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs

noun

  1. 1

    A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

  4. 4

    A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

  5. 5

    Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A shambling fellow.

noun

  1. 1

    Saliva, especially when expectorated.

    There was spit all over the washbasin.
  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image)

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    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
  3. 3

    To utter (something) violently.

  4. 4

    (hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

  5. 5

    To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

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

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To plant (something) using a spade.

  3. 3

    To dig, to spade.

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