SPIT Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] Etym: [AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp, from sp to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n.]
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom." Chaucer.
2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on." Luke xviii. 32.
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Spit, n.
Defn: The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
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Spit, v. i.
1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
It had been spitting with rain. Dickens.
To spit on or upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt.
"Spitting upon all antiquity." South.
SPITAL Spit"al, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from hospital.] [Written also spittle.]