spit

Definition

  • noun: a slender pointed rod for holding meat over a fire
  • verb: to force saliva from your mouth
  • verb: to fix on or as if on a spit
  • often + 'out'
  • synonyms: impale, spade, spadeful

Examples

  • Our manager was 'spitting blood/venom' [=was extremely angry] when he found out what had happened.

  • She's the 'spit and image of' her mother. = ('Brit') She's the '(dead) spit of' her mother.

  • He took a taste of the soup and quickly 'spat/spit' it 'out'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) That's impossible. Rhino's Horn Defence is impervious to any technique. It was no technique. Lord Shen has created a weapon, one that breathes fire and spits metal. Unless he is stopped, this could be the end of kung fu. - But I just got kung fu! - And now you must save it. Go! Destroy this weapon (..)
    2011 Kung Fu Panda 2