spit

noun

1. 1.

   A skewer for holding meat over a fire

2. 2.

   geography

   A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

3. 3.

   A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

4. 4.

   The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

5. 5.

   countable

   An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

6. 6.

   uncountable

   Saliva, especially when expectorated.

verb

1. 1.

   transitive

   To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

2. 2.

   transitive

   To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

3. 3.

   intransitive

   To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

4. 4.

   intransitiveslanghumorousin the form spitting

   To spit facts; to tell the truth.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• spittingnounInflected form

  The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva).

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• spitting snakenounCompound term

  Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet.

• spit outverbCompound term

  Spit up in an explosive manner.

• spit curlnounCompound term

  A spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek.

• spit and polishnounCompound term

  Careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military).

• spit upverbCompound term

  Give reluctantly.

• spitting cobranounCompound term

  Aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa.