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spit-up

spit-up noun: digestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child.

Noun

spit-up (countable and uncountable, plural spit-ups)

  1. (informal) Digestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child.
    • Dana Lowey Luttway anointed her son Daniel Henri "the king of spit-up" but was inspired by his daily rejections to create her first invention: the ParentSmock, a cotton bib made for parents.2000 March 20, Sharon Cotliar, “Mothers of Invention”, in Time

Forms of spit-up

pluralspit-ups

Questions about spit-up

What does spit-up mean?
Spit-up means digestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child.
What part of speech is spit-up?
Spit-up is a noun.
What is the plural of spit-up?
The plural of spit-up is spit-ups.

Words near spit-up in the dictionary

  1. spit-roastings
  2. spit-roasts
  3. spit-spot
  4. spit-take
  5. spit-takes
  6. spit-up
  7. spit-ups
  8. spital
  9. Spitalfields
  10. spitalhouse
  11. spitalhouses

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