The angry crowd cursed and spit at the prisoner as he was being taken back to jail.
•Max actually spit at the police station door as he was dragged in.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
spit it out — People say this when someone has something to say but is too embarrassed, shy, etc, to say it … The small dictionary of idiomes
spit — spit1 [ spıt ] (past tense and past participle spit or spat [ spæt ] ) verb * 1. ) intransitive to force some of the clear liquid called saliva out from your mouth: Dino leaned over and spat on the ground. The woman spat and shouted insults as… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spit — spit1 [spıt] v past tense and past participle spat [spæt] or spit AmE present participle spitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid from your mouth)¦ 2¦(food/drink etc)¦ 3¦(rain)¦ 4¦(say something)¦ 5 spit it out 6¦(small pieces)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
spit — 1 past tense and past participle spat also spit AmE present participle spitting verb 1 LIQUID FROM YOUR MOUTH (I) to blow a small amount of saliva (=the liquid in your mouth) out of your mouth (+ at/on): Mom, Judy spit at me! | Kevin cleared his… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
spit — I. /spɪt / (say spit) verb (spat or spit, spitting) –verb (i) 1. to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate. 2. to do this at or on a person, etc., to express hatred, contempt, etc. 3. to sputter. 4. to fall in scattered drops or flakes, as rain …
spit — {{11}}spit (n.1) saliva, c.1300, from SPIT (Cf. spit) (v.). Meaning the very likeness is attested from c.1600 (e.g. spitting image, attested from 1901); Cf. Fr. craché in same sense. Military phrase spit and polish first recorded 1895. {{12}}spit … Etymology dictionary
spit\ into\ the\ wedding\ cake — • spit into the wedding cake • piss into the wedding cake v. phr. vulgar avoidable To spoil someone s pleasure or celebration by doing or saying something harsh or unseemly in an otherwise happy gathering; bring up depressing or unhappy subjects… … Словарь американских идиом
spit — [[t]spɪ̱t[/t]] spits, spitting, spat (In American English, the form spit is used as the past tense and past participle.) 1) N UNCOUNT Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been … English dictionary
spit it out — phrasal : to say what is in the mind without further delay * * * informal used to urge someone to say or confess something quickly spit it out, man, I haven t got all day * * * spit it out informal used to tell someone to say something that he or … Useful english dictionary
spit out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms spit out : present tense I/you/we/they spit out he/she/it spits out present participle spitting out past tense spat out past participle spat out informal 1) same as spit I, 1), a) Babies are always spitting… … English dictionary
spit — [spɪt] (past tense and past participle spat [spæt] ) verb [I/T] I 1) to force something that is liquid or solid out from your mouth 2) British to rain slightly • spit it out spoken used for telling someone to hurry and say something that they are … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
