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spat blood

spat blood is the simple past and past participle of spit blood.

Meaning of spit blood

Verb

spit blood (third-person singular simple present spits blood, present participle spitting blood, simple past and past participle spat blood or spit blood)

  1. To show great anger or contempt, namely in speaking.
    • ...“But at the magistrate’s court he pleaded complete ignorance of the bank job—and the magistrate refused to commit him on that charge, and all he went up for was the car theft.... But why am I telling you all this? You damn near spat blood at the time, and so did I.”...1969, Douglas Leach, chapter 4, in The Big Boys, Robert Hale, page 29

Questions about spat blood

What is spat blood the simple past and past participle of?
Spat blood is the simple past and past participle of spit blood.

Words near spat blood in the dictionary

  1. spastics
  2. spastin
  3. spastins
  4. spastizin
  5. spat
  6. spat blood
  7. spat facts
  8. spat feathers
  9. spat fire
  10. spat in someone's face
  11. spat in the wind

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