I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spitting image
within spitting distance informal (= very near something )
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The ball passed within spitting distance of the goal.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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He is almost certainly facing a suspension, having been fined Pounds 1,500 for spitting back at Oldham fans last season.
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If Mr Ramirez de la O is right, then foreign gluttons will soon be spitting back their government paper.
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Blanche did not care: she was angry with Christine Mills and would spit back .
on
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They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they'd have spat on at the time they were painted.
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A pedestrian spits on the window of a driver he thinks cut him off.
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I got beat up, spit on , my stuff was thrown out the windows.
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Than they were choked, spat on , pulled by their hair across the floor.
out
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When at last he spoke, the words were spat out in sharp interrogation.
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A log fire roared in the open hearth, spitting out sparks.
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Jody is not so much yelling as she is spitting out the words.
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Baptiste spat out his bit of thread and laughed.
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It begins to spit out masses of bees, as if it were emptying not only its guts but its soul.
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But for the life of her she couldn't spit out what she wanted to say.
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A fifty-caliber machine gun spits out bullets a half inch in diameter and an inch long.
■ NOUN
face
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That Shatov spat in Verkhovensky's face is one.
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She would have spat in his face , but that struck her as being unladylike.
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I also hit him whenever I can and spit in his face .
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I nodded, and he spat in my face .
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I spit in my own face .
word
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The priest relayed the directions, spitting out the words as if they were poison.
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As spring training began, Alomar appeared to accept that spitting trumps ugly words on the bridge table of public opinion.
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McGowan spat bits of words through pointed teeth.
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Jody is not so much yelling as she is spitting out the words .
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He practically spit the words at his friend.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be the (very/living/spitting) image of sb
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All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her.
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And just lagging it slightly was the image of the posed dancer.
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But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.
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It was the image of returning once again to her empty maisonette in Ealing.
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My favorite is the image of an aproned cook in the rear of the open kitchen.
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Pressing upon the rest of us is the image of all those dormant scars in the crust potentially surging to life.
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This is the image of a successful couple.
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Throughout the show's history, for instance, Cleese was the very image of pompous, impatient rectitude.
be the spitting image of sb
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But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.
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It was the spitting image of him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"You're worthless!" Greg spat out.
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The volcano began rumbling and spitting ash on July 3.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.
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He spat a mouthful back into the cup.
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He spat out enamel and blood.
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He spit a bone on to the floor and sent Goh to get another Tiger beer.
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He and Meg are now spitting bile at one another through the Press.
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He was so offended by my cover that he spat on me.
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I spat in my hand and gave Claude long, slipping strokes.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Elizabeth and Anne contrived a spit for Felix's chickens and set them to roast.
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Good food will be served from the spit .
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He freed a hand and wiped away the spit .
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He worked his way over to the window, opened it, and took a spit into the fresh biting coldness.
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Those first learning to water start or carve gybe are best off in the flat water to windward by the spit .