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spitted

spitted is the simple past and past participle of spit.

Meaning of spit

Verb (1)

spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spitted)

  1. (transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
    • to spit a loin of veal
  2. (transitive) To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
    • She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

Verb (2)

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
    • And they ſpit upon him [Jesus Christ], and tooke the reed, and ſmote him on the head.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 27:30
    Synonyms:
    expectorate
  2. (ambitransitive) To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
    • a hot pan spitting droplets of fat
  3. (impersonal) To rain or snow slightly.
    • "There! now, Strickland, I know all about what you intend to say, and therefore need not be told; but see, it spits with rain, 'tis late, Graham's turned in, let's below; […]1830, Edward Lane, The Fugitives; Or, a Trip to Canada, page 485
  4. (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.
    • "Why, you little emasculated Don Juan— You—" he spat an unmentionable name— "d'you think I'd fight one of your tin-soldier farces with you? Clear out!"1915, Amélie Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy), chapter XXXIX, in Shadows of Flames: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, →OCLC, page 240

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Adjective

spitted (comparative more spitted, superlative most spitted)

  1. Shot out long; said of antlers.
    • the head of a deer, that by age is more spitted1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for...

Forms of spitted

comparativemore spitted
superlativemost spitted

Origin of spitted

See spit (“impale”).

See spit (“expectorate”) (Etymology 2).

Questions about spitted

What does spitted mean?
Spitted means shot out long; said of antlers.
What is spitted the simple past and past participle of?
Spitted is the simple past and past participle of spit.
What part of speech is spitted?
Spitted is an adjective.

Words near spitted in the dictionary

  1. spitsticks
  2. spittal
  3. Spittal an der Drau
  4. Spittal of Glenshee
  5. spittals
  6. spitted
  7. spitten
  8. spitter
  9. spitters
  10. spitters are quitters
  11. spittest

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