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Meanings of spit in English

Russian
коса
Portuguese
cordão litoral
Spanish
cordón litoral
Catalan
cordó litoral

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
Synonyms
Examples for "sandspit"
Examples for "sandspit"
1
They had already passed the neck of the sandspit where it was lowest.
The Boy Slaves
2
They knew that they were following the crest of the sandspit.
The Boy Slaves
3
So the Reindeer, crewless, lay across the estuary at the sandspit.
John Barleycorn
4
That sandspit's now gone and we're backing straight on to Tasman Bay now.
Radio NZ
5
Here, scarce a quarter-century ago, a sandspit had broiled beneath an untempered sun.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
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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