SPIT


Meaning of SPIT in English

n. 25B6; verb

Cranston coughed and spat : EXPECTORATE, hawk; Brit. informal gob.

‘Go to hell,’ she spat : SNAP, say angrily, hiss.

the fat began to spit : SIZZLE, hiss; crackle, sputter.

(Brit.) it began to spit : RAIN LIGHTLY, drizzle, spot; N. English mizzle; N. Amer. sprinkle.

25B6; noun

spit dribbled from his mouth : SPITTLE, saliva, sputum, slobber, dribble; Brit. informal gob.

(informal) he is the spit of his father : EXACT LIKENESS, image, very/living image, double, twin, lookalike, duplicate, copy, Doppelgänger; informal spitting image, ringer, dead ringer.

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