spit

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Saliva, especially when expectorated; spittle.
2. n. The act of expectorating.
3. n. Something, such as the frothy secretion of spittle bugs, that resembles spit.
4. n. A brief, scattered rainfall or snowfall.
5. n. Informal The perfect likeness: He's the spit and image of his father.
6. v. To eject from the mouth: spat out the grape seeds.
7. v. To eject as if from the mouth: a fire spitting sparks.
8. v. To emit suddenly and forcefully: spat out an insult.
9. v. To eject matter from the mouth; expectorate.
10. v. To express contempt or animosity by or as if by ejecting matter from the mouth.
11. v. To make a hissing or sputtering noise.
12. v. To rain or snow in light, scattered drops or flakes.
13. spit up To vomit.
14. n. A slender, pointed rod on which meat is impaled for broiling.
15. n. A narrow point of land extending into a body of water.
16. v. To impale on or as if on a spit.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A slender bar, sharply pointed at the end, to be thrust through meat which is to be roasted in front of the fire. The rotation of the spit brings all parts of the meat in turn to the heat. The ordinary spit is several feet long, and rests on supports at the sides of the fireplace. Shorter spits are used for small birds, kidneys, etc. See cut under spit-rack.
2. n. A sword.
3. n. The obelisk or dagger () used as a reference-mark.
4. n. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.
5. n. In weaving, the spindle or wire which holds the cop, spool, or pirn in the shuttle.
6. To thrust a spit through; pierce, transfix, or impale with or as with a spit: as, to spit a loin of veal.
7. To string on a stick and hang up to dry, as herring in a smoke-house.
8. To roast anything on a spit; attend to a spit; use a spit.
9. To eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
10. To fall in scattered drops, as rain.
11. To make a noise as if spitting, like an angry cat.
12. To eject from the mouth; spew; especially, to eject as or with saliva: as, to spit blood.
13. n. What is ejected from the mouth; saliva; spume.
14. n. The act of spitting: as, a cat gives an angry spit.
15. n. In entomology:
16. n. The spume of certain inseets; a frothy, fleecy, or waxy substance secreted by various homopterous bugs from specialized pores scattered over the general surface of the body.
17. n. An insect which produces such spume: as, the cuckoo-spit, Ptyelus spumarius. See spittle-insect.
18. n. A light fall of rain or snow; especially, rain or snow falling in light gusts or scattered drops or flakes.
19. n. Image; likeness.
20. To spade; plant by spading.
21. n. A spade; hence, the depth of a spade in the earth; a spading or spadeful.

Wiktionary

1. n. A rod on which meat is grilled (UK English) or broiled (US English).
2. n. A narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.
3. v. To impale on a spit.
4. v. intransitive, transitive To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth.
5. v. transitive To utter violently.
6. v. transitive, slang, hip-hop To utter.
7. n. uncountable Saliva, especially when expectorated.
8. n. countable An instance of spitting.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
2. n. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.
3. n. Prov. Eng. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
4. v. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale.
5. v. Prov. Eng. To spade; to dig.
6. v. obsolete To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
7. v. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
8. v. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
9. n. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
10. v. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
11. v. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. rain gently
2. n. a skewer for holding meat over a fire
3. n. a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
4. v. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
5. v. utter with anger or contempt
6. n. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
7. n. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
8. v. drive a skewer through