Spit

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
spitu

Noun

 * 1) A rod on which meat is grilled (UK English) or broiled (US English).
 * 2) A narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

Translations

 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Irish: bior
 * Italian: girarrosto


 * Macedonian: ражен
 * Polish: rożen
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Cantonese: ,
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: maasäär


 * Lithuanian: nerija
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1) To impale on a spit.

Etymology 2
From spittan:, from , of imitiative origin (see spew)

Verb

 * 1)  To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth.
 * Don't spit on the street.
 * The teacher told her to spit out her bubble gum.
 * 1) * 1994,,  Chapter 2
 * At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorationsas the tree had recovered from the collision.
 * 1)  To utter violently.
 * 2) * 1915, Amélie Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy), Shadows of Flames, page 240 :
 * "Why, you little emasculated Don Juan— You—" he spat an unmentionable name— "d'you think I'd fight one of your tin-soldier farces with you? Clear out!"
 * 1) * 2004, Mark Gatiss, The Vesuvius Club, 2005 Pocket Books edition, ISBN 0743483790, chapter 3, page 23 :
 * ' Gentleman? You?" he spat.
 * 1)  To utter.
 * 2) * 2005, Giselle Zado Wasfie, So Fly
 * A group of black guys were spitting rhymes in the corner, slapping hands and egging one another on.

Synonyms

 * expectorate

Derived terms

 * spit it out


 * spitting chips


 * spitting distance

Translations

 * Arabic: بصق, بزق, ,  تفل
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吐痰,,  ,  ,  噴放,  喷放
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: sylkeä (1), sylkäistä (1, once), syljeskellä (1, continuously)
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაფურთხება (dap‘urt‘xeba), გადაფურთხება (gadap‘urt‘xeba), მიფურთხება (mip‘urt‘xeba)
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: meludah
 * Irish: caith seile
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: つばを吐く (つばをはく, tsuba-o haku)
 * Korean: 침을뱉다
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:, ,  conspuo
 * Latvian: spļaut
 * Lithuanian: spjauti
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Mongolian: нулимах
 * Polish: pluć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: spidar
 * Russian: плевать (plevát’), плюнуть (pljúnut’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (kàak),  (tŭi)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu:

Noun

 * 1)  Saliva, especially when expectorated.
 * There was spit all over the washbasin.
 * 1)  An instance of spitting.

Synonyms

 * expectoration, saliva

Derived terms

 * spitball
 * spit-cup


 * spittoon
 * spit wad

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,  spuwsel
 * French: crachat
 * Hebrew:


 * Macedonian: плуканка, плунка
 * Polish: ślina
 * Portuguese: cuspe
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: spott
 * West Frisian: fliber


 * Czech:
 * French: crachement
 * Hebrew: יריקה


 * Macedonian: плукање
 * Polish: splunięcie
 * Russian: плевок


 * : silekiy, salya, tükürşük



Anagrams

 * pits
 * stip, Štip
 * tips

Pronoun

 * 1) you.
 * 2) yours.

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