Definition of "spit" in Anglais

noun

1. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

2. (geography) A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

verb

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

1. (ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

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.

   • Does it rain? — It's nobbut spitting a bit.

4. (ambitransitive) To utter (something) violently.

5. (intransitive) To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

6. (transitive, slang, hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

7. (intransitive, slang, humorous) (in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.

   • He's spitting for sure.

noun

1. (uncountable) Saliva, especially when expectorated.

   • There was spit all over the washbasin.

2. (countable) An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

3. A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image).

4. (uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).

noun

1. 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.

2. The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

verb

1. (transitive, dialectal) To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

2. (transitive, dialectal) To plant (something) using a spade.

3. (intransitive, dialectal) To dig, to spade.