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Meanings of spit in English

Russian
коса
Portuguese
cordão litoral
Spanish
cordón litoral
Catalan
cordó litoral
Wikidata

Coastal bar or beach landform deposited by longshore drift.

        коса
        Portuguese
        saliva
        Catalan
        saliva

        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.

              saliva
              Portuguese
              cuspir
              Catalan
              esputació

              The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

                    cuspir
                    Portuguese
                    cuspir
                    Catalan
                    esputar
                    Spanish
                    escupir

                    Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.

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                          cuspir
                          Usage of spit in English
                          1
                          Sarge fit, although he didn't look capable of any spit-flecked rants today.
                          Indivisible
                          2
                          New figures also show gardaí are continuing to use spit-hoods on suspects.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Our ancestors used not to chew and spit it everywhere unlike today.
                          Radio NZ
                          4
                          About 40 acres have been lost from the spit as a result.
                          The Irish Times
                          5
                          A single spit was heard; bodies crashed to a floor somewhere below.
                          The bourne identity
                          6
                          An insolvent debtor had spit in his face; he bore it smilingly.
                          Samuel Brohl and Company
                          7
                          Continue adding the dough and turning the spit for about five hours.
                          BBC
                          8
                          It was time this farce ended; he would spit the giant now.
                          Stories of the Border Marches
                          9
                          Bear with me now, while I spit in fancy upon his grave.
                          Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
                          10
                          The French are an indelicate people; they will spit upon any place.
                          Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
                          11
                          Now it was the sharp spit of revolvers, cracking in deadly chorus.
                          Love under Fire
                          12
                          The monster came, and the man with the red-hot spit destroyed it.
                          The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
                          13
                          Lexi did not trust Max Webster as far as she could spit.
                          Mistress of the game
                          14
                          By chance it thundered straight for the girl on the sand spit.
                          The Big-Town Round-Up
                          15
                          The door swung open; a blinding spit of light accompanied the explosion.
                          The bourne identity
                          16
                          Add the butter; it will spit and foam, so watch your hands.
                          The Guardian
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                          Translations for spit
                          Russian
                          коса
                          Spit through the time
                          Spit across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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