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spitter

spitter

1 7.8
A person who pushes saliva or phlegm out of their mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈspɪtər/
translation icon : escupidor
  • And he was a spitter, not like that, like I mean he spit, (hawking spit) anywhere we were, or went.

No, not sex stuff, but I think maybe if I was the spitter that'll turn you on.

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Examples

  • With a growing, fervently loyal fanbase (see: the love-in that greeted his last feature, the exclusive Steal Your Heart) and a new street album on the way, the Southern spitter's got nowhere to go but up.

    Blog text (15)

  • There was a row of chairs for people to wait in, and several spittoons, placed for the presumed convenience of spitters, had been as much missed as hit.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • And I'm a champion spitter.

    December Boys (2007)

  • - Giraffes are chronic spitters.

    Broken Toys (1935)

  • I'm just a spitter.

    Blog text (9)

  • He was a spitter.

    To a Tee (2006)

  • At the baseball game, the spitter in the row in front of me constantly loomed over the crowd, expecting his spit to land in the spittoon.

  • The spitter surprised everyone at the event with how far he could aim his saliva.

  • During the competition, the best spitter was declared after he accurately hit the target from a distance.

Synonyms

expectorator
vsspitter
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who spits out saliva or phlegm

has identical meaning but is a different word form

Surface Forms

spitter singular
spitters plural

Morphology

spitter = spit (transparent) = spit + er

Formed from the verb 'spit' + agentive suffix '-er'; a B1 learner knowing 'spit' can infer 'one who spits'.

Etymology

Spitter comes from the simple verb spit, which means 'to push saliva out of the mouth', plus the ending -er that means 'one who'. So a spitter is simply someone who spits.