spet
/spɛt/
spet noun: spittle.
Noun
spet (uncountable)
- spittle
- Well, when I found 'twas Sir Blount my spet dried up within me.1882, Thomas Hardy, Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC
Verb
spet (third-person singular simple present spets, present participle spetting, simple past and past participle spetted)
- To spit; to throw out.
- the dragon […]spets her thickest gloom1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
- A thirsty Train That[…]spet from their dry Chaps the gather'd dust again.1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
Forms of spet
| third-person singular present | spets |
|---|---|
| present participle | spetting |
| past participle | spetted |
| past | spetted |
Origin of spet
Inherited from Middle English spet.
Words that rhyme with spet
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about spet
- What does spet mean?
- Spet means spittle.
- What part of speech is spet?
- Spet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce spet?
- Spet is pronounced /spɛt/.
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Source and license
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