verb#5,478 by frequency
spit
/spɪt/
To evacuate from the mouth, etc; To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth
- he/she/it
- spits
- past
- spitted
- past participle
- spat
Meanings
- 1
To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc
He spat the food out.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
Don't spit on the walls.
Tatoeba · Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth
- 3
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp objectrare
- 4
To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spitrare
- 5
To rain or snow slightlyrare
- 6
To utter (something) violentlyrare
- 7
To make a spitting sound, like an angry catrare
- 8
To rap, to utterrare
- 9
(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truthrare
- 10
To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a ploughrare