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Meanings of spittle in English

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
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Examples for "spit"
Examples for "spit"
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
1
A significant increase in sialic acid level is also seen in saliva.
Pubmed
2
In the moonlight Gloria saw the glistening saliva from the half-parted jaws.
The Everlasting Whisper
3
In the saliva is the ptyalin, which begins to digest the starch.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
4
This effect occurred in the presence and absence of added human saliva.
Pubmed
5
The saliva hit the victim on the cheek and temple, police said.
News.com.au
Usage of spittle in English
1
Our spittle cleanses and dries up our wounds; it kills the serpent:-
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete
2
Your every word is spittle in the face of the true believers.
Debts of Honor
3
MR. FERGUSON: There is a spittle bug that bothers the June berries.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
4
If he wants to keep his lick-spittle in a job, that is.
The South African
5
He wiped spittle from his mustache with the back of his hand.
More Than Honor
6
The worst venomous spittle of the serpent's poison sac spat out there.
Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
7
Chunks of brittle spittle cracked from the wall, shattering on the floor.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
8
As he spoke a thin plume of spittle fizzed in the air.
Complete Books of Blood
9
He leaned close, spittle striking Hal's cheeks with each tersely enunciated word.
Depraved
10
The idiot's spittle did not burn them when it fell on them.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
11
You could almost see the spittle flying from his lips, Ludlam said.
The Guardian
12
Was it infectious spittle spewed as the singers enunciated their hard t's?
Wired
13
The father's spittle is lapped up by a frog which becomes pregnant.
A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
14
Why doth the spittle of one that is fasting heal an imposthume?
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
15
Instinctively she tried to wipe the phantom creature's spittle from her cheek.
Shadows
16
Your making poetry of spittle and foul odor is-doyou know what?
The Argonauts
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Catalan
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United States of America
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