spit

About 2.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
2. noun A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
3. verb To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

   to spit a loin of veal

4. verb To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

   She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

5. verb To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
6. verb To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.

   a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

7. verb To rain or snow slightly.
8. verb To utter (something) violently.

Similar words

skewer sprinkle spatter spittle ptyalize spew expectoration patter pitter-patter saliva

Often followed by

on out in it and of upon at the

Word family

spat spits spitted spitting