[spɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger
(e.g: Todd spat in Hugh's face)

- (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises
(e.g: the bonfire crackled and spat)

- light rain falls
(e.g: it began to spit)


Phrases:
- be the spit of
- spit blood
- spit chips
- spit feathers
- spit in the face of
- spit in the wind
- spit it out
- spit out one's dummy
- spit tacks
- spit the dummy
- spit-and-sawdust

Origin:
Old English spittan, of imitative origin

[spɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth

- an act of spitting


Phrases:
- be the spit of
- spit blood
- spit chips
- spit feathers
- spit in the face of
- spit in the wind
- spit it out
- spit out one's dummy
- spit tacks
- spit the dummy
- spit-and-sawdust

Origin:
Old English spittan, of imitative origin

[spɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, thin metal rod pushed through meat in order to hold and turn it while it is roasted over an open fire
(e.g: chicken cooked on a spit)

- a narrow point of land projecting into the sea
(e.g: a narrow spit of land shelters the bay)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English spitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spit and German Spiess

[spɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire
(e.g: he spitted the rabbit and cooked it)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English spitu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spit and German Spiess

[spɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a layer of earth whose depth is equal to the length of the blade of a spade
(e.g: break up the top spit with a fork)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German; probably related to spit