Synonyms for spit
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1. spit, tonguenoun

   a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

   Synonyms:
   spittle, expectoration, glossa, lingua, spitting, tongue, saliva, clapper, natural language, knife

2. saliva, spit, spittlenoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   saliva, tongue, spitting, spittle, expectoration

3. spitnoun

   a skewer for holding meat over a fire

   Synonyms:
   saliva, tongue, spitting, spittle, expectoration

4. spit, spitting, expectorationverb

   the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

   Synonyms:
   saliva, tongue, spitting, spittle, expectoration

5. spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spueverb

   expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

   "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"

   Synonyms:
   cat, puke, throw up, honk, chuck, sprinkle, sick, skewer, disgorge, cast, spew out, spit out, vomit, regurgitate, vomit up, ptyalize, spue, upchuck, eruct, pitter-patter, purge, barf, ptyalise, spew, be sick, spatter, retch, patter, regorge

6. spit, spit outverb

   utter with anger or contempt

   Synonyms:
   cough out, sprinkle, spit up, skewer, spue, spit out, splutter, ptyalize, sputter, pitter-patter, ptyalise, spew, spatter, cough up, expectorate, patter

7. sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patterverb

   rain gently

   "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

   Synonyms:
   swash, sprinkle, dot, skewer, spit out, ptyalize, spue, plash, spatter, pitter-patter, scatter, ptyalise, sparge, patter, besprinkle, dust, spew, bespatter, disperse, splash, splosh, splatter

8. skewer, spitverb

   drive a skewer through

   "skewer the meat for the BBQ"

   Synonyms:
   spew, patter, spatter, sprinkle, pitter-patter, skewer, spit out, spue, ptyalize, ptyalise

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1. • Cape
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   • Rain
   • Skewer
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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. spitverb

   Synonyms:
   spawl, sputter

2. spitnoun

   Synonyms:
   spittle, saliva, spawl

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. spitnoun

   Synonyms:
   spittle, sputum, saliva

   Associated words:
   salivary, salivous, salivant, salivate, salivation, ptyalin

2. spitverb

   Synonyms:
   expectorate, spawl, sputter, eject

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "spit":

   spitting, spatin, saliva, spat, sputum, brooch, slime, arrow, isthmus

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How to use spit in a sentence?

1. H. L. Mencken:

   There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   woke up with blood on the pillow, blood on the sheets, blood on my breath and blood in my mouth and the coughing started again and i turned to spit at the trashcan and missed and i admired the new wall decoration as i grabbed a cigarette to start the bloody day.

3. John Philip Sousa IV:

   I had an email this morning from a volunteer ... saying, 'Gee, we love Dr. Carson, we hope he gets out and moves his support to a really, good honest, Christian conservative: Ted Cruz.' And I'm scratching my head and going, honest? How does that fit in there with what Cruz did to Carson? some people are so angry at Cruz they could spit nails. They wouldn't support him if he were the last guy on earth after what he did to us.

4. Shana Marie Perez:

   He tried to hit another child and they said he, I guess, he missed, but he tried to run around the school lot and they were all trying to stop him, and he spit on somebody.

5. Eric Swalwell:

   It's not only the people who had knowledge of what the president knew, the American people saw the police officers who were beaten and spit on and stampeded -- 50 of them injured and almost 20 of them hospitalized, one of them killed. The cafeteria workers who ran for their lives as well. There's a lot of witnesses to this crime.