1. To force saliva or another substance out of the mouth.
2. A narrow strip of deposited sand or gravel extending from a shore.
3. A rod that holds food over heat for roasting.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- spit out water
- spit a word
On the page
He spat out the bitter water.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- spit
- Past tense
- spat or spit
- Past participle
- spat or spit
- Present participle
- spitting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- spit
- Present continuous
- am/is/are spitting
- Present perfect
- have/has spat or spit
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been spitting
- Past
- spat or spit
- Past continuous
- was/were spitting
- Past perfect
- had spat or spit
- Past perfect continuous
- had been spitting
- Future
- will spit
- Future continuous
- will be spitting
- Future perfect
- will have spat or spit
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been spitting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: spit; spits; spat or spit; spat or spit; spitting. Noun singular spit; plural spits.. Noun singular spit; plural spits. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: spits.
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