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💦 To expel saliva 😠 To speak angrily 💧 Saliva 🏝️ Narrow land strip 🍖 A roasting rod 🍢 To skewer food 🌦️ To drizzle
to spit

to spit

9 7.4
To put meat on a long rod to cook over a fire
  • verb
  • /spɪt/
translation icon : asar en un asador
  • White Ash picked at the remains of a smoked fish, stopping every now and then to spit one of the fine bones into the fire.
  • spit-roast

Examples

  • You can spit the vegetables onto the skewer for even cooking over the grill.

  • They decided to spit the chicken before roasting it on the open fire.

  • Spit over that piece of firewood.

    The Searchers (1956)

  • There was a fire burning between two large stones, which supported long, thin iron spits upon which stood some blackened tin cans.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The chef expertly spit the meat to create a delicious barbecue on the rotisserie.

Synonyms

to skewer
vsto spit
21 4.6

To push a long thin metal or wooden pin through food to hold it while cooking

threads food onto a roasting rod specifically for cooking over a fire

Idioms

a spit in the ocean
  • Informal
1 9.1

A very small amount with little effect on a big problem

to spit nails
  • Slang
1 9.9

To feel very angry and show it

to chew the meat and spit out the bones
  • Informal
8.0

Keep the useful parts and ignore the rest

to throw a dummy spit
  • UK
9.9

Have a childish angry outburst when you do not get your way

to spit in someone's face
  • Offensive
8.2

Act in a way that shows strong disrespect and insults someone

Phrasal Verbs

to spit out
94 2.3

To push food or drink out of your mouth

to spit out
  • Informal
15 4.4

To say words quickly and angrily to show dislike

to spit up
1 4.1

To push food, milk, or phlegm out of the mouth

to spit poison
  • Informal
7.9

Say very angry, hurtful things to someone to hurt them

to spit up
  • Informal
7.7

To give something, often money, because others make you do it

Compounds

spit and polish
  • Informal
1 7.0

Careful cleaning and neat order, especially in the military

spit curl
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A small lock of hair styled flat on the forehead or cheek

spit-and-sawdust pub
  • Archaic
9.1

A simple, old pub where local people drink cheap drinks

Surface Forms

spit infinitive
spitting present participle
spits third person singular
spat past
spat past participle

Etymology

Spit (to skewer) comes from the practice of putting meat on a spit (a long cooking rod) and turning it over a fire. So to spit meat is to put it on a stick to roast it.