spit
noun
- 1
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- 2
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
“to spit a loin of veal”
- 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
A sudden impact or blow.
- 2
The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- 3
A slam dunk.
- 4
An insult.
“I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.”
- 5
The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.
- 6
A poetry slam.
- 7
A slambook.
- 8
The refuse of alum works.
- 9
A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs
noun
- 1
A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- 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
Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.
- 4
A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.
- 5
Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A shambling fellow.
noun
- 1
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
“There was spit all over the washbasin.”
- 2
An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
- 3
A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image)
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- 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
To utter (something) violently.
- 4
(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.
- 5
To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
Synonyms
noun
- 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
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
verb
- 1
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- 2
To plant (something) using a spade.
- 3
To dig, to spade.
Synonyms
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