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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
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
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Examples for "spitting"
Examples for "spitting"
1
The second orifice, spitting and snarling as it continues to take form.
The thing
2
Many fine folk were spitting feathers at Saturday's result, writes Killian Doyle.
The Irish Times
3
Machine guns were deadly and swept every approach, every house spitting fire.
The gun
4
They chewed and talked at the same time, spitting bits of food.
Bones of the Dragon
5
On all sides, thousands of guns were spitting steel at the attackers.
The forgotten soldier
1
Observe condition of sidewalks and other public places with respect to expectoration.
Community Civics and Rural Life
2
Physicians prescribe creosote in cases of consumption to stop the expectoration of blood.
Valere Aude: Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regen...
3
Po came over and looked for a moment at Augustus's expectoration.
Lonesome dove
4
The awful guttural which precedes the constant expectoration of Americans is most trying.
A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in Cali...
5
By this the expectoration is made easier, and the sleep at night improved.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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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