Idioms for spit

    spit and image, Informal. exact likeness; counterpart: Hunched over his desk, pen in hand, he was the spit and image of his father at work. Also spitting image, spit 'n' image.

Origin of spit

1
before 950; (v.) Middle English spitten, Old English spittan; cognate with German (dial.) spitzen to spit; akin to Old English spǣtan to spit, spātl spittle; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

OTHER WORDS FROM spit

spit·like, adjective

Words nearby spit

spiruroid, spiruroidea, spiry, spissatus, spissitude, spit, spit and polish, spit curl, spit in the ocean, spit take, spit up

Words related to spit up

eject, spit, belch, cascade, erupt, vomit, gush, heave, scatter, gag, regurgitate, tumble, spew, spill, pour, descend, overflow, whoop, bark, choke

British Dictionary definitions for spit up (1 of 3)

spit 1
/ (spɪt) /

verb spits, spitting, spat or spit

noun

Derived forms of spit

spitter, noun

Word Origin for spit

Old English spittan; related to spǣtan to spit, German dialect spitzen

British Dictionary definitions for spit up (2 of 3)

spit 2
/ (spɪt) /

noun

a pointed rod on which meat is skewered and roasted before or over an open fire
Also called: rotisserie, rotating spit a similar device rotated by electricity or clockwork, fitted onto a cooker
an elongated often hooked strip of sand or shingle projecting from the shore, deposited by longshore drift, and usually above water

verb spits, spitting or spitted

(tr) to impale on or transfix with or as if with a spit

Word Origin for spit

Old English spitu; related to Old High German spiz spit, Norwegian spit tip

British Dictionary definitions for spit up (3 of 3)

spit 3
/ (spɪt) /

noun

the depth of earth cut by a spade; a spade's depth

Word Origin for spit

C16: from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German spit

Idioms and Phrases with spit up

spit up

Vomit, as in Infants often spit up part of their milk.