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The correct spelling is spit.
How to pronounce spit
/spɪt/
nounIPA: /spɪt/
Say it like: Spi-t
The correct spelling is spit. A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire. For example: "to spit a loin of veal"
Usage Examples
“to spit a loin of veal”
“She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.”
“I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- 2.A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
- 3.A sudden impact or blow.
- 4.The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.
- 5.A slam dunk.
verb
- 1.To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
- 2.To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.
- 3.To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
- 4.To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.
- 5.To utter (something) violently.
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