spit
To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp objectTo impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
» Tom spat on Mary.
Том плюнув у Мері.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
to spit a loin of veal
aufspießen
насаживатьnasaživatʹ
(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.
(ambitransitive)To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
spucken
плева́тьplevátʹ, плю́нутьpljúnutʹ, наплева́тьnaplevátʹ
плюва́тиpljuváty, плю́нутиpljúnuty, наплюва́тиnapljuváty
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
(ambitransitive)To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.
a hot pan spitting droplets of fat
(impersonal)To rain or snow slightly.
rain gently
(ambitransitive)To utter (something) violently.
utter with anger or contempt
(intransitive)To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.
(slang, transitive)To rap, to utter.
(humorous, intransitive, slang)(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.
He's spitting for sure.
(dialectal, transitive)To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
(dialectal, transitive)To plant (something) using a spade.
(dialectal, intransitive)To dig, to spade.
Examples
188 sentencesTom spat on Mary.
Том плюнув у Мері.
You spit on Tom, didn't you?
A gentleman would not spit on the street.
Tom is the spitting image of his father.
ruТом — вылитый отец.
I can't put up with the way he spits.
ruЯ терпеть не могу, как он плюётся.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which mThe noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod; skewer; spike”), *spituz (“rod on which meat is cooked; stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Danish spid, Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”).
The verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to spit; to squirt”); or from Middle English spit, spitte, spitten (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spittan, spyttan (“to spit”), both from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū, ultimately imitative; compare Middle English spitelen (“to spit out, expectorate”) and English spew. The English word is cognate with Danish spytte (“to spit”), North Frisian spütte, Norwegian spytte (“to spit”), Swedish spotta (“to spit”), Old Norse spýta (Faroese spýta (“to spit”), Icelandic spýta (“to spit”)).
The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit.
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Forms
spits, spitting, spitted, spittedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
12 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle