spawl
/spɔːl/
spawl noun: scattered or ejected spittle. Also the alternative form of spall.
Noun
spawl (uncountable)
- Scattered or ejected spittle.
Verb
spawl (third-person singular simple present spawls, present participle spawling, simple past and past participle spawled)
Also used as
spawl is also the alternative form of spall.
Forms of spawl
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | spawls |
| present participle | spawling |
| past participle | spawled |
| past | spawled |
| Noun | |
| plural | spawls |
Origin of spawl
Perhaps representing a frequentative form of spew.
Words formed from spawl
Words that rhyme with spawl
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- pall
- paul
- recall
- tall
- Donegal
- saul
- forestall
- Saint Paul
- all
- appall
- hauler
- maul
- overcall
- overhaul
- scrawl
- withcall
- befall
- brawl
- drawl
- install
- set out one's stall
- sing small
- bawl
- orle
- spall
- sprawl
- squall
- trawl
- withal
- y'all
- acrawl
- awl
- infall
- moneyball
- overall
- pawl
- saule
- Senegal
- shawl
- tell all
- yawl
- appal
- asprawl
- at all
- aul
- becrawl
- bescrawl
- besmall
Questions about spawl
- What does spawl mean?
- Spawl means scattered or ejected spittle.
- What part of speech is spawl?
- Spawl can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce spawl?
- Spawl is pronounced /spɔːl/.
- What is the plural of spawl?
- The plural of spawl is spawls.
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