v. 1 expectorate; dribble, salivate, drool, slaver, sputter, splutter; discharge, spew (forth), eject Spitting is forbidden Don't you hate people who spit when they talk? The volcano spat huge boulders into the sky. 2 spitting image or spit and image. twin, duplicate, clone, image, counterpart, likeness, copy She is the spitting image of her mother
n. 3 spittle, saliva, drool, Technical sputum A large gobbet of spit clung to his beard