Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: spit
IPA transcription: [sp'ɪt]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue
    Meaning: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
  • Synonyms: spit, spit_out
    Meaning: utter with anger or contempt
Usage examples
  • See here!" she cried again--"I spit upon the ground, and crack my thumb at it!
  • And the rich men of His time despised Him and spit upon Him and crucified Him!"
  • Several African tribes spit to make compacts, declare friendship, and to curse.
  • I often wished myself on a spit, to revolve slowly before the fire until thoroughly roasted.
  • The main encampment was on a spit of land running out into the main stream, or what we thought was the main stream.
  • I advised them to chew it and spit it out; but they were too excessively debilitated to be able to follow my advice.
  • As her thoughts ran on, the indignant tears would spring to her eyes, and she would spit out fierce little ejaculations at intervals.
  • The naphtha launch of the millionaire would spit among the romantic coves; the verdured hills would take formal shapes of terrace, lawn, and park.
  • I went back to the beach, and turning eastward past the burning enclosure, made for a point where a shallow spit of coral sand ran out towards the reef.
  • "To spit into it?" the General inquired with grave disapproval in his tone, and a stare, of astonishment, while the Frenchman looked at me unbelievingly.