spit
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fireA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Meaning
8 sensesA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Spieß
ве́ртелvértel, шампу́рšampúr, рожо́нrožón
роже́нrožén, шампу́рšampúr
a skewer for holding meat over a fire
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
Nehrung, Landzunge
коса́kosá
коса́kosá
(uncountable)Saliva, especially when expectorated.
There was spit all over the washbasin.
Speichel, Spucke
слюна́sljuná, слю́нкаsljúnka
сли́наslýna
(countable)An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.
Spritzer, Sprühregen, Nieselregen
плево́кplevók
плюво́кpljuvók
(countable, uncountable)Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.
(uncountable)Synonym of slam (“card game”).
Schlemm, Durchmarsch
The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.
Spatentiefe, Spaten
The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.
Examples
188 sentencesTom spat on Mary.
Том плюнув у Мері. — deniko
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. — Ooneykcall
I can't put up with the way he spits.
ruЯ терпеть не могу, как он плюётся. — Selena777
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
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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
plural: spitsSynonyms
7 synonyms- the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva):spittingexpectoration
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea:tongue
- a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches:salivaspittle