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
Katie Langford, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Remove the test from the package and put it in your mouth for one minute so that the sponge can soak up plenty of spit.
—Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2026
Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The bacteria is spread by coming into contact with an infected person's saliva or spit, such as through coughing, kissing, sharing items or sneezing near someone's face.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Noun
An off-duty Douglas County sheriff’s deputy spit and cursed at a Parker police officer while waiting to be taken to jail after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving earlier this month, according to an arrest affidavit.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
Remove the test from the package and put it in your mouth for one minute so that the sponge can soak up plenty of spit.
—Rita Templeton, Flow Space, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
By nature, llamas are smart, protective, and sometimes stubborn, earning them a reputation as mean creatures and for spitting on people.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
The bacteria is spread by coming into contact with an infected person's saliva or spit, such as through coughing, kissing, sharing items or sneezing near someone's face.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit
Verb
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The teen was involved in an argument when his adversary stabbed him multiple times with a knife, said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Police allege the suspect then recklessly stabbed backward numerous times, striking the victim in the leg, according to Jaques.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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The couple’s 3-year-old son was grazed in the back by the bullet that pierced Kaori’s skull, police and witnesses said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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This should result in a sharper edge that can pierce things like tomato skin more easily.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Your job is to pick and choose your way through the heap.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Boo and Scout were hand-picked for the Bidens by staff at the animal welfare group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel.—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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The attack had punctured an air of invulnerability created by the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel had swiftly captured the Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and Gaza from its Arab neighbors.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The astronauts will stick close to home for the first 25 hours of their 10-day test flight, checking out the capsule in orbit around Earth before firing the main engine that will propel them to the moon.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The average commuter spends 63 hours a year stuck in traffic.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The original stickers — the ones jabbing at Biden — started appearing in 2021.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Donald Trump‘s effort today to praise his new Homeland Security Secretary and defend him from Jimmy Kimmel‘s jabs kind of backfired.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line.—
Jocelyn Gecker,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Our guy is just pecking away at his little typewriter or writing his memories in longhand.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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