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spitshine

spitshine noun: a shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.

Noun

spitshine (plural spitshines)

  1. A shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.

Verb

spitshine (third-person singular simple present spitshines, present participle spitshining, simple past and past participle spitshined)

  1. (transitive) To clean with a spitshine.

Forms of spitshine

Noun
pluralspitshines
alternative formspit shine
Verb
third-person singular presentspitshines
present participlespitshining
past participlespitshined
pastspitshined

Origin of spitshine

From spit + shine.

Questions about spitshine

What does spitshine mean?
Spitshine means a shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.
What part of speech is spitshine?
Spitshine can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spitshine?
The plural of spitshine is spitshines.

Words near spitshine in the dictionary

  1. spits tacks
  2. spits the dummy
  3. spits up
  4. Spitsbergen
  5. spitsful
  6. spitshine
  7. spitshined
  8. spitshines
  9. spitshining
  10. spitstick
  11. spitsticks

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