spit
/spɪt/ verb C2- To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth. · a hot pan spitting droplets of fat
- To rain or snow slightly.
- To utter (something) violently.
- To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
- To rap, to utter.
- (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth. · He's spitting for sure.
He/she/it spits · Past spat · Past participle spat · -ing form spitting
Verb forms
- Base form
- spit
- He/she/it
- spits
- Past
- spat
- Past participle
- spat
- -ing form
- spitting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
It's the living spit of him, gown and all.
Just at the moment when they were taking the dainty animal from the spit, they saw Edmond springing with the boldness of a chamois from rock to rock, and they fired the signal agreed upon.
Other matches
- spit A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is ske... B2
- spit To impale on a spit C2
- spit The depth to which the blade of a spade goes in... C2
- spit Saliva, especially when expectorated. C2
- spit on To show contempt for someone or something.
- spit out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- spit up To regurgitate or vomit.
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