(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) There was much laughter and clapping of glasses upon the table at the conclusion of old Buckhorse’s story, and I saw the Prince of Wales hand something to the waiter, who brought it round and slipped it into the skinny hand of the veteran, who spat upon it before thrusting it into his pocket. (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) When they were all unloaded and packed in a great heap in one corner of the yard, the Slovaks were given some money by the Szgany, and spitting on it for luck, lazily went each to his horse's head.Īt the same instant I heard the crash of Lord John's elephant-gun, and, looking up, saw one of the creatures with a broken wing struggling upon the ground, spitting and gurgling at us with a wide-opened beak and blood-shot, goggled eyes, like some devil in a medieval picture. Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little weazened man who spat broken English and many strange and uncouth exclamations which Buck could not understand.Īs he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty. Then, when he sprang out upon it, it would transform itself into an electric car, menacing and terrible, towering over him like a mountain, screaming and clanging and spitting fire at him. They are in turn thought to be driven by the presence of supermassive black holes, which drag surrounding material inwards and spit out bright jets and radiation as they do so. Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering Patter pitter-patter spatter spit sprinkle It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick Spit (a skewer for holding meat over a fire) Sense 4 Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singingĮmit let loose let out utter (express audibly utter sounds (not necessarily words)) Spitting (the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)) Sense 2 Spitter (a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)) Spit (a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches) Spit (the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva))

Spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth) Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily careĬough out cough up expectorate spit out spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth) The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer he / she / it spitsĮxpel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth Present simple: I / you / we / they spit. Sand (a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral)

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)Ĭape ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water) Spit (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth) Sense 4Ī narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea Salivary gland (any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion) Tobacco juice (saliva colored brown by tobacco (snuff or chewing tobacco)) Secretion (a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell)ĭribble drivel drool slobber (saliva spilling from the mouth)

Rack stand (a support for displaying various articles)Ī clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches Turnspit (a roasting spit that can be turned) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of 'spit'): Skewer (a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted) Spit (expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth) Sense 2 The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)Įjection expulsion forcing out projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting) Irregular inflected forms: spat, spitted, spitting I.

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