Spit | Mean of spit in English Dictionary

/ˈspɪt/

• Verb
• to force saliva from your mouth
1. She saw him spit on the sidewalk.
2. I scolded the child for spitting at another student.
3. He spit/spat in my face.
• to force (something, such as food or liquid) from your mouth
1. He took a taste of the soup and quickly spat/spit it out.
2. She spit out her gum before class.
3. Our manager was spitting blood/venom [=was extremely angry] when he found out what had happened.
4. I'm so angry, I could spit nails!
• to say (something) in a quick and angry way
1. She spat a few nasty remarks at him as he left.
2. “You make me sick!” he spat.

• to throw off or send out something (such as sparks or drops of fat) especially while burning or cooking
1. The meat was spitting in the pan.
2. The wet wood hissed and spat in the fireplace.
• to rain or snow lightly
1. Take your umbrella, it's spitting.
2. a cold, spitting rain
3. The sky briefly spat rain.
• to vomit or throw up a usually small amount of food or liquid
1. The baby spit up all over my blouse.
2. The baby spat up his breakfast.
• Noun
• the liquid produced in your mouth
1. I wiped the spit [=drool, spittle] off the baby's chin.
• someone who looks very much like someone else
1. She's the spit and image of her mother. = (Brit) She's the (dead) spit of her mother.
• strength and energy
1. She's 80 years old but still full of spit and vinegar.
• a thin pointed rod or stick that is used for holding meat over a fire to cook it
• a narrow piece of land that goes out into a body of water
1. a narrow spit of land