- [uncountable] the liquid that is produced in your mouth synonym saliva
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- [countable, usually singular] the act of spitting liquid or food out of your mouth
- [countable] a long, thin piece of land that sticks out into the sea, a lake, etc.
- a spit of land between Lake Macquarie and the ocean
- [countable] a long, thin, straight piece of metal that you put through meat to hold and turn it while you cook it over a fire
- chickens roasting on a spit
in/from mouth
piece of land
for cooking meat
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Old English spittan, of imitative origin. noun senses 3 to 4 Old English spitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spit and German Spiess.
Idioms
See spit in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryspit and polish
- (informal) careful and complete cleaning and polishing of something
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