1. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
   "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer";
   - spew [informal], spue [archaic]
    
2. Utter with anger or contempt
   "He spat out a series of insults"; "She spit the words at him in disgust";
   - spit out
    
3. Drive a skewer through
   "spit the meat for the BBQ";
   - skewer
    
4. [Brit] Rain gently
   "It has only spat, but the roads are slick";
   - sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

1. 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 production increases when we smell delicious food";
   - saliva, spittle
    
2. The act of spitting, forcefully expelling saliva
   "spit on the pavement is considered rude and unsanitary";
   - spitting, expectoration
    
3. A skewer for holding meat over a fire
   "They roasted a whole pig on a spit at the luau"
    
4. A narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
   "The lighthouse was built on a rocky spit";
   - tongue
    
5. [Brit, informal] A person who is almost identical to another
   "He was a dead spit for the famous actor";
   - ringer, dead ringer [informal], clone, spitting image [informal]

Derived forms: spat, spits, spitting

Type of: alikeness [rare], cape, cough out, cough up, double, ejection, emit, expectorate, expulsion, forcing out, image, let loose, let out, likeness, look-alike, ness [UK], pin, projection, rain, rain down, secretion, similitude, skewer, spit out, spit up, utter

Part of: rack, salivary gland, stand

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