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spit-ups

spit-ups is the plural of spit-up.

Meaning of spit-up

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

Questions about spit-ups

What is spit-ups the plural of?
Spit-ups is the plural of spit-up.

Words near spit-ups in the dictionary

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

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