as in peninsula
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse
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as in replica
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the spit and image of his father
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as in saliva
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth
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as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Recent Examples of spit
Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Of all the numbers that can be spit out during Tampa Bay’s current win streak, perhaps outscoring teams 14-3 the third period is the most impressive.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
All that hand wringing over Andrews’ empty stat lines in September amounted to so much spit in the wind.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
Walking on stage to accept the trophy, Brody spit his chewing gum into his hand and threw it to his partner, Georgina Chapman.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
Of all the numbers that can be spit out during Tampa Bay’s current win streak, perhaps outscoring teams 14-3 the third period is the most impressive.
—Tom Layberger, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit
Verb
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During episode 1, the police show Jamie, Eddie and their attorney a closed-circuit video of Jamie stabbing Katie in the parking lot where her body was later found.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Brown pleaded guilty to the felony charge after stabbing a gas station clerk and a casino patron during a 2020 robbery in downtown Reno, Nevada, KOTO-TV reported.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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In quiet neighborhoods around the state, sirens pierced the air too frequently.—
Erica E. Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2025
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Yes, the index pierced below its 200-day moving average, but that trend line continues to slope solidly higher.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2025
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Netflix then picked it up, and the show quickly became one of the streamer’s most popular series.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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Pay attention to proportions when picking a mattress.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2025
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But the market has largely taken care of this, puncturing all of the most popular premises entering 2025: U.S. exceptionalism, bearishness on bonds and a belief that the market could broaden in a smooth and painless way.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2025
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Instead of Jimmy Kimmel, a memorable host in the recent past with a keen appreciation for puncturing pretensions, there is Conan O’Brien who, while familiar, remains an unknown quantity in how politically barbed his opening monologue might be.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Keep Ilia’s Eye Stylus shadow stick on hand for this, in a hue like Nectar that’s a summery peach.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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Our readers, however, are sticking a local icon: Arthur Bryant’s.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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It is used to hunt and paralyze fish and worms before the cone snail consumes them, however, humans can also be jabbed by stepping or picking it up.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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O'Brien kept the jokes flowing during his opening monologue, lightly jabbing at A-list celebrities and their films while also reminding audiences what the Oscars are really about.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sapsuckers peck a lacy pattern into the bark of certain trees, either consuming the sap that oozes out directly and/or eating the insects drawn to it.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2025
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There, at just before midnight on Monday, a tiny chick pecked its way into the world, followed by another hatching at 4:29 a.m.—
Francine Kiefer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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