spitteth

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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