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spit up

spit up verb: to regurgitate or vomit.

Verb

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

  1. (especially, intransitive, transitive) To regurgitate or vomit.
    • The baby spat up her breakfast.
    • Don't show the dead bird to him; he'll just spit up.

Forms of spit up

third-person singular presentspits up
present participlespitting up
past participlespat up
pastspat up
past participlespit up
pastspit up

Questions about spit up

What does spit up mean?
Spit up means to regurgitate or vomit.
What part of speech is spit up?
Spit up is a verb.
What is the past tense of spit up?
The past tense of spit up is spat up.

Words near spit up in the dictionary

  1. spit straight facts
  2. spit tacks
  3. spit take
  4. spit takes
  5. spit the dummy
  6. spit up
  7. spit valve
  8. spit venom
  9. spit wad
  10. spit wads
  11. spit-and-polish

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