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
Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025
The computer spit out matches, and we were all given three numbers of our ideal match.
—Madalyn Hoerr, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
The all-new R1 fire pit is much cheaper, more compact and manages to spit out a flame nearly high enough to singe your beard hairs.
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025
The computer spit out matches, and we were all given three numbers of our ideal match.
—Madalyn Hoerr, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit
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Listen to this article A 58-year-old man was stabbed in the back of his shoulder and bitten on the top of his head while onboard an L train in Brooklyn, police said Friday.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2025
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He is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the brutal stabbing deaths of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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When recovered, the rifle was loaded with high-powered ammunition capable of piercing standard body armor and ready to fire, with the scope caps flipped open, the selector lever set to fire and a round chambered.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Infrared instruments in space are ideal for piercing through dust and gas to see some of the universe’s oldest stars and galaxies, which would otherwise be obscured from view.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Lamoriello could assemble some mid-round draft picks for any of the defensemen he’s collected in recent weeks — Tony DeAngelo has six points in 10 games and might entice a team that needs some depth.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The same goes for other retailers, such as Macy’s , that continue to close stores , which leads to both merchandise for TJX buyers to pick at and real estate opportunities to add new stores or relocate to better locations.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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At the Justice Department — which haunted both Trump's first term and his next four years as a private citizen — the purging of career prosecutors and FBI agents has punctured any veneer of independence from the White House.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
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There were three unprovoked attacks in California, including one in which a surfboard was punctured.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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That means taking off your shoe and sock and checking for any sign of injury such as any tenderness, swelling, bruising, deformity, laceration or bones sticking through the skin.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Vivienne appeared to be having fun with her friend, as she was pictured laughing and sticking her tongue out.—
Effie Orfanides,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pope jabs Vance, criticizes Trump admin for mass deportations Pope Francis denounced the Trump administration's plan to carry out mass deportations of migrants in a letter to U.S. bishops Tuesday, while appearing to take a direct jab at Vice President JD Vance.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after the beatdown, video footage leaked online showing the combative artist lying on the ground while being jabbed and stomped.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The face-recognition camera and a fingerprint reader on the bottom row of the keyboard give you two ways, with Windows Hello, to skip pecking in passwords.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
17 Jan. 2025
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Come back in for hot coffee and an omelet at Ladd’s tavern, because the eggs are fresh from the chickens pecking around outside on the property’s working farm.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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