as in peninsula
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse
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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the spit and image of his father
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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth
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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Recent Examples of spit
Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
He was outfitted with a spit screen to prevent him from spitting on others.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
But the turbines are very inefficient, and are also spitting out pollutants—not just CO2 but nitrous oxide and formaldehyde.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spit
Noun
The report, with the alliterative plosives of its title raining down like flecks of spit, was an opening volley in the fight to rouse sleepy bureaucrats and put them on notice.
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It is believed the same man approached a different home, making it onto the porch this time before spitting on the front door.
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The rookie hero, opening beer bottles with his eye socket, pulling out his own tooth with pliers, and being stabbed by a fan in Mexico wielding a pen, made news everywhere.—
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Five years later he was arrested by police after his boss, his boss’ wife and their two children were found stabbed to death in their home.—
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That, for me, is the only piercing message of this whole thing.—
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That list was winnowed in December to three corridors, including what is known as the Southwestern Grid Connector — which would run up the eastern edge of New Mexico, scrape the western edge of the Oklahoma panhandle and pierce the southeast corner of Colorado.—
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With assertions that the other side has essentially cherry picked the texts, Baldoni and his team have repeatedly denied any such smear campaign was ever unleashed.—
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So much of the fervor about this toy’s release and its subsequent lightning fast pre-order sales are probably down to Chinese fans wanting to pick one up.—
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In the crash, something punctured Shiffrin’s side and caused severe trauma to her oblique muscles.—
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At the apex of the Western Conference standings sits the imposing Jets, who have run roughshod over all comers throughout the season and punctured the Canucks convincingly with a 6-1 victory in their only meeting of the year so far.—
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If the new reboot is true to sticking true to the games, either character being the lead in the new movies would make perfect sense.—
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Whatever the circumstances around his decision to stick it out after 2023’s relegation, Firpo rolled his sleeves up and has become a key attacking presence over the past two seasons.—
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The video shows narwhals using their tusks to jab and stun the fish, which could indicate how narwhals interact with their prey.—
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Lawrence has been so successful for so long at helping entitled rich kids get admitted to Ivy League schools (specifically and exclusively Ivies) that one of them comes back to jab him with a fencing foil.—
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Sapsuckers peck a lacy pattern into the bark of certain trees, either consuming the sap that oozes out directly and/or eating the insects drawn to it.—
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There, at just before midnight on Monday, a tiny chick pecked its way into the world, followed by another hatching at 4:29 a.m.—
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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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