spit

1. (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.Examples: "to spit a loin of veal"; "[W]hy in a moment looke to ſee / The blind and bloody Souldier, with foule hand / Deſire the Locks of your ſhrill-ſhriking Daughters: / Your Fathers taken by the ſiluer Bears, / And their moſt reuerend Heads daſht to the Walls: / Your naked Infants ſpitted vpon Pykes, / Whiles the mad Mothers, with their howles confus'd, / Doe breake the Clouds, [...] / What ſay you? Will you yeeld, and thus auoyd? / Or guiltie in defence, be thus destroy'd."; "Fried or roast mice, spitted on sticks like kebabs, are often offered for sale by the roadside."transitive

2. (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.Examples: "She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen."; "Moll. Ha's my Mother ſeene him yet. / Frail[ty]. O no, ſhee's—ſpitting in the Kitchin."; "[H]e saw that the fires scattered all over the massive camp were emitting greasy fumes from the carcasses of the burning animals spitted over the flames."transitive

1. (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.Examples: "And they ſpit upon him [Jesus Christ], and tooke the reed, and ſmote him on the head."; "Aquil[ina]. […] pray vvhat Beast vvill your VVorship pleaſe to be next? / Anto[nio]. Novv I'l be a Senator agen, and thy Lover little Nicky Nacky! [He ſits by her.] Ah toad, toad, toad, toad! ſpit in my Face a little, Nacky—ſpit in my Face prithee, ſpit in my Face, never ſo little: […]"; "When the mighty duststorm, silent and terrifying, first engulfed her, she thought she would choke. Spitting dust from her dry lips, she ran indoors to protect the children, and found them coughing."Synonyms: expectorateambitransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.Examples: "a hot pan spitting droplets of fat"; "The wag zigzagged across the field, bumping over ruts in the soil and tangled grass as a stream of bullets followed them from the high-mounted railguns, spitting sparks from the metal sides of the wag."ambitransitive

3. (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.Examples: ""There! now, Strickland, I know all about what you intend to say, and therefore need not be told; but see, it spits with rain, 'tis late, Graham's turned in, let's below; […]"; "It had been "spitting" with rain for the last half-hour, and now it began to pour in good earnest."; "It spits snow this afternoon. Saw a flock of snowbirds on the Walden road. I see them so commonly when it is beginning to snow that I am inclined to regard them as a sign of a snow-storm."impersonal

4. (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.Examples: ""Why, you little emasculated Don Juan— You—" he spat an unmentionable name— "d'you think I'd fight one of your tin-soldier farces with you? Clear out!""; ""Gentleman? You?" he spat."ambitransitive

5. (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.intransitive

6. (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.Examples: "A group of black guys were spitting rhymes in the corner, slapping hands and egging one another on."; "Didn't matter if I was out there spittin' on the mic or breaking ankles on the court, the best feeling in the world was performing in front of thousands of fans who couldn't stop screaming my name."; "[…] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats."slangtransitive

1. (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.Examples: "There was spit all over the washbasin."; "Sometimes your body doesn't make as much spit as it needs. When you sleep, your salivary glands take a bit of a snooze too. You're still making spit, but not as much. This is why your mouth feels dry when you wake up."; "[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding."Synonyms: expectoration, spittleuncountable

2. (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.Examples: "It was early winter in the southern continent, a season of rain and winds and mud, and indeed coals in a nearby brazier hissed with a few spits of rain."countable

3. (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).Synonyms: slamuncountable

1. (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.Examples: "[T]he double plough, by taking faſt hold of the mould, throws all back again; and if the vegetables are not effectually earthed up, which may be the caſe after double ſpitting the intervals, then running the double plough over again, completes the buſineſs, and ſtrangely toſſes about and mellows the mould."dialectaltransitive

2. (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.Examples: "When the [peach] seed is procured it is either "spitted in" with a spade or planted in rows in the nursery."dialectaltransitive

3. (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.Examples: "We left the ground, of field of loam, by ſuppoſition under two ſorts of managements; the one part very rough, and the other made as fine as circumſtances would allow; the former ploughed the uſual depth, the other double ſpitted; [...]"; "Then the ground is "spitted" or spaded in about six or eight inches deep, as a garden is for a crop of vegetables."Synonyms: delvedialectalintransitive

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of spam over Internet telephony.Internetabbreviationalt-ofuncountable