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

Matched Categories

1. • Cape
   • Pin
   • Rain
   • Skewer
   • Utter

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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1. National Journal:

   I literally spit my coffee on my laptop when she said that. It’s just inconceivable, laughable, she’s got copies of them. She could have brought them to the news conference. So that was totally unbelievable.

2. Eric Swalwell:

   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.

3. Francis de Sales:

   It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.

4. Marshall Allen:

   At one point someone put their hands on one of our protesters, literally getting physical with her, one got spit in her face.

5. Le Cun:

   Then I saw a tiny light in the distance, almost like somebody lit a match, then all the sudden it was on me, it spit me out into the sunlight into this canal and there were tons of fish around. Goliath groupers, tarpons, a bunch of fish that didn't make it.