spit

spit is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
2. noun. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
3. noun. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
4. noun. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
5. noun. To spade; to dig.
6. intransitive verb. To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
7. past tense & past participle. of Spit
8. noun. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
9. noun. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
10. noun. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
11. intransitive verb. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
12. intransitive verb. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
13. noun. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

    Synonyms: expectoration, spitting

14. noun. a skewer for holding meat over a fire
15. noun. 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

    Synonyms: saliva, spittle

16. noun. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

    Synonyms: tongue

17. verb. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

    "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"

    Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue

18. verb. utter with anger or contempt
19. verb. drive a skewer through

    "skewer the meat for the BBQ"

    Synonyms: skewer

20. verb. rain gently

    "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"

    Synonyms: patter, spatter, sprinkle

Synonyms

expectoration, spitting, saliva, spittle, tongue, ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spue, skewer, patter, spatter, sprinkle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spit:

pist, pits, tips

Common word forms

spits, spital, spited, spites, spitful, spiting, spitous, spitted, spitter, spitting

Words from these letters

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