spitball
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈspɪtˌbɔl/
- Informal
:
bola de papel
- The teacher caught several students in the act of throwing spitballs at each other.
- throw spitballs
- shoot spitballs
- spitball lands
And then we had those spitballs, those those little short straws, bar straws.
- And then we had those spitballs, those those little short straws, bar straws.
Examples
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He'd throw stuff at me, like food or spitballs.
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The next time Mr. Flynn adjusts his glasses and peers down, three spitballs fly toward Bobby.
Fiction book (1995) -
- I shot a spitball.
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- She shot a spitball.
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- Shooting spitballs at me?
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You'd shoot me with a spitball?
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And then the spitball disappears into a hand from nowhere.
Fiction book (1995) -
The atmosphere and accommodations were vastly different; families spread their breakfast into the aisle, babies squealed, and boys shot spitballs.
Fiction book (1997) -
When Mr. Flynn turns his back to write on the board, she lofts her spitball but misses Bobby's open mouth; it bounces off his cheek.
Fiction book (1995) -
During recess, the students had fun launching spitballs across the classroom.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spitball The word comes from kids making small balls of chewed paper and using spit to hold them together, so it is literally spit + ball. That's why a spitball is a small paper ball thrown as a prank.