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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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noun (2)

spit

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verb

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Recent Examples of spit
Noun
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 Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
In addition to spitting out scores, the tool can provide crucial information about individual snowboard runs. Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 At the press of a button, the Pad-O-Matic whirs into life, spitting out perfect—and now marginally more convenient!—cryptographic security. IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spit 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spit
Verb
  • Jevon Tyrese Fletcher, 26, is accused of stabbing the victims multiple times inside an apartment in the 400 block of Meloy Road Saturday night, NBC Connecticut reported.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
  • An off-duty Cal Fire captain was found fatally stabbed inside her Ramona home Monday evening, and sheriff’s detectives are investigating the homicide as a possible domestic violence case, officials said.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • And that’s not all: Ellis says there’s also an emerging trend for parents and their children of all ages piercing their bodies at the same time.
    Hannah Silverman, Parents, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But nowhere pierces my heart more than German cemeteries, where special sections are dedicated to babies who die before or shortly after birth.
    Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The city’s Museum Square turns into a giant tulip garden where everybody—including tourists—is free to pick a bouquet.
    Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Answer just four questions, and the Books desk will pick one out.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • If the extreme temperatures and limited supplies of oxygen don’t get you, a centimetre-size piece of space debris could puncture your spacesuit, leading to rapid depressurization and death.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Bullets had already punctured the porch steps of Mel Aaron’s home in the East Lake neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala., one of the most violent cities in America.
    Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The question of security guarantees is a sticking point for companies, Ukrainian businessmen and analysts said.
    Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Language learning app Duolingo killed off its plucky mascot, Duo the owl, this week — creating a social media marketing moment that may have more sticking power than recent Super Bowl ads.
    April Rubin, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • This isn’t the first time Drake has jabbed the famous podcaster this week.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Johnson, unfazed and ever the competitor, took it in stride and even jabbed back at the NBA star by questioning his skills on the basketball court.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The face-recognition camera and a fingerprint reader on the bottom row of the keyboard give you two ways, with Windows Hello, to skip pecking in passwords.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Come back in for hot coffee and an omelet at Ladd’s tavern, because the eggs are fresh from the chickens pecking around outside on the property’s working farm.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

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“Spit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spit. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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