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spit

noun · verb · 29 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪt
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broach

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Saliva, especially when expectorated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • There was spit all over the washbasin.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expectoration, spittle

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Likeness; used, usually in set phrases (see spitting image) of a person who exactly resembles someone else.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of slam (“card game”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: slam

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Abbreviation of spam over Internet telephony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to spit a loin of veal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expectorate

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To rain or snow slightly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impersonal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To utter (something) violently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To rap, to utter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

Topics: dancing, hip-hop, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

(in the form spitting) To spit facts; to tell the truth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, intransitive, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

Examples

  • He's spitting for sure.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To plant (something) using a spade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To dig, to spade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delve

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spitting, expectoration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out

23

noun

Meaning 23

a skewer for holding meat over a fire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skewer

Narrower terms: brochette, turnspit

24

noun

Meaning 24

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: saliva, spittle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: secretion

Narrower terms: drool, dribble, drivel, slobber, tobacco juice

25

noun

Meaning 25

a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tongue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cape, ness

26

verb

Meaning 26

expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out

27

verb

Meaning 27

utter with anger or contempt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spit out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose

28

verb

Meaning 28

drive a skewer through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • skewer the meat for the BBQ

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skewer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pin

29

verb

Meaning 29

rain gently

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rain, rain down

History

Etymology

The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in the fin of a fish; pointed object; dagger symbol; land projecting into the sea”), from Old English spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”), from Proto-Germanic *spitō (“rod; skewer; spike”), *spituz (“rod on which meat is cooked; stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *speyd-, *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). The English word is cognate with Dutch spit, Low German Spitt (“pike, spear; spike; skewer; spit”), Danish spid, Swedish spett (“skewer; spit; type of crowbar”). The verb is derived from the noun, or from Middle English spiten (“to put on a spit; to impale”), from spit, spite: see above. The English verb is cognate with Middle Dutch speten, spitten (modern Dutch speten), Middle Low German speten (Low German spitten, modern German spießen (“to skewer, to spear”), spissen (now dialectal)) and Danish spidde.

The verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to spit; to squirt”); or from Middle English spit, spitte, spitten (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spittan, spyttan (“to spit”), both from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū, ultimately imitative; compare Middle English spitelen (“to spit out, expectorate”) and English spew. The English word is cognate with Danish spytte (“to spit”), North Frisian spütte, Norwegian spytte (“to spit”), Swedish spotta (“to spit”), Old Norse spýta (Faroese spýta (“to spit”), Icelandic spýta (“to spit”)). The noun is derived from the verb; compare Danish spyt (“spit”), Middle English spit, spytte (“saliva, spittle, sputum”), spet (“saliva, spittle”), spē̆tel (“saliva, spittle”), North Frisian spiit.

The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit. The verb is from Middle English spitten (“to dig”), from Old English spittan (“to dig with a spade”), possibly from spitu (“rod on which meat is cooked; spit”); see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch spetten, spitten (modern Dutch spitten), Middle Low German speten, spitten (Low German spitten), North Frisian spat, West Frisian spitte.

Across languages

Translations

415 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَفُّود (saffūd) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Arabic: سِيخ (sīḵ) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Arabic: سيخ (sīḵ) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Aramaic: ܫܦܘܕܐ (šapūdā) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Armenian: շամփուր (šampʻur) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Armenian: շիշ (šiš) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Bashkir: шеш (şeş) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Bulgarian: шиш (šiš) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Catalan: ast — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烤肉叉 (kǎoròuchā) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Czech: špíz — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Czech: rožeň — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Danish: spid — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Dutch: spit — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Egyptian: m-a:q-F18 (mꜥq) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Estonian: varras — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Even: хилун (hilun) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Finnish: varras — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • French: broche — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Galician: espeto — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Georgian: შამფური (šampuri) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • German: Spieß — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Greek: σούβλα (soúvla) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Ancient Greek: ὀβελός (obelós) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Hungarian: nyárs — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Icelandic: grillteinn — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Icelandic: steikingarteinn — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Irish: bior — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Irish: bior rósta — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Italian: girarrosto — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Italian: spiedo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Japanese: 串 (kushi) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Latin: verū — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Latvian: iesms — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Macedonian: ражен (ražen) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Māori: huki — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Māori: mataahi — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Nanai: силпон (silpon) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Nogai: сис (sis) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Norman: broche — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spidd — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spidd — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Old English: spitu — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Persian: سیخ (six) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Persian: گردنا (gardenâ) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Persian: بلسک (belesk) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Polish: rożen — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Portuguese: espeto — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Romanian: frigare — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Russian: ве́ртел (vértel) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Russian: шампу́р (šampúr) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Russian: рожо́н (rožón) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́жањ — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Serbo-Croatian: rážanj — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: asador — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: espeto — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: espetón — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: espedo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: picudo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: fierro — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: espiche — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: espiedo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Spanish: spiedo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Swedish: spett — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Turkish: şiş — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیش (şiş) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیخ (sih) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Ukrainian: роже́н (rožén) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Ukrainian: шампу́р (šampúr) — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Venetan: spéo — thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking
  • Azerbaijani: dil — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Bashkir: ҡомаяҡ (qomayaq) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Bashkir: ҡомайыл (qomayıl) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Belarusian: каса́ (kasá) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Bulgarian: тесен нос (tesen nos) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙嘴 (shāzuǐ) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘴 (zuǐ) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Czech: kosa — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Danish: tange — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Estonian: maasäär — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Estonian: säär — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Finnish: kynnäs — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Galician: baixío — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • German: Nehrung — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • German: Landzunge — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Icelandic: oddi — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Icelandic: tangi — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Irish: speir — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Latvian: nērija — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Latvian: zemes strēle — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Lithuanian: nerija — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Macedonian: провлак (provlak) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Māori: tūpahipahi — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Polish: mierzeja — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Portuguese: ponta — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Russian: коса́ (kosá) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Spanish: barra — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá) — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Volapük: länalineg — generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula
  • Afar: tufo — saliva
  • Arabic: بُزَاق (buzāq) — saliva
  • Arabic: تُفْلان (tuflān) — saliva
  • Armenian: թուք (tʻukʻ) — saliva
  • Assamese: থু (thu) — saliva
  • Bashkir: төкөрөк (tökörök) — saliva
  • Belarusian: слі́на (slína) — saliva
  • Bulgarian: слю́нка (sljúnka) — saliva
  • Bulgarian: плю́нка (pljúnka) — saliva
  • Catalan: escopina — saliva
  • Catalan: escopinyada — saliva
  • Chamicuro: sakola — saliva
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吐沫 (tùmo) — saliva
  • Czech: slina — saliva
  • Dalmatian: spoit — saliva
  • Danish: spyt — saliva
  • Dutch: speeksel — saliva
  • Dutch: spuug — saliva
  • Dutch: spuwsel — saliva
  • Egyptian: t:f- (tf) — saliva
  • Estonian: sülg — saliva
  • Finnish: sylki — saliva
  • French: crachat — saliva
  • West-Frisian: fliber — saliva
  • Friulian: spudačh — saliva
  • Galician: esputo — saliva
  • Georgian: ნაფურთხი (napurtxi) — saliva
  • Georgian: ფურთხი (purtxi) — saliva
  • German: Speichel — saliva
  • German: Spucke — saliva
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐍂 (spaiskuldr) — saliva
  • Ancient Greek: σίαλον (síalon) — saliva
  • Hebrew: רוק (rok) — saliva
  • Hindi: थूक (thūk) — saliva
  • Hungarian: nyál — saliva
  • Hungarian: köpet — saliva
  • Indonesian: ludah — saliva
  • Irish: seile — saliva
  • Irish: sileog — saliva
  • Italian: sputo — saliva
  • Japanese: 唾 — saliva
  • Javanese: idu — saliva
  • Javanese: kecoh — saliva
  • Korean: 침 (chim) — saliva
  • Northern Kurdish: tif — saliva
  • Latin: sputum — saliva
  • Latvian: spļāviens — saliva
  • Latvian: siekalas — saliva
  • Macedonian: плу́канка (plúkanka) — saliva
  • Macedonian: плу́нка (plúnka) — saliva
  • Malay: ludahan — saliva
  • Manchu: ᠴᡳᡶᡝᠩᡤᡠ (cifenggu) — saliva
  • Māori: hūare — saliva
  • Marathi: थूक (thūk) — saliva
  • Khiamniungan Naga: lèih — saliva
  • Nahuatl: chihchitl — saliva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spytt — saliva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spytt — saliva
  • Occitan: escup — saliva
  • Occitan: escupinha — saliva
  • Old English: spātl — saliva
  • Palauan: tub — saliva
  • Persian: تف (tof) — saliva
  • Plautdietsch: Kjwiel — saliva
  • Plautdietsch: Spie — saliva
  • Polish: ślina — saliva
  • Portuguese: cuspe — saliva
  • Portuguese: cuspo — saliva
  • Portuguese: cuspinho — saliva
  • Romanian: scuipat — saliva
  • Russian: слюна́ (sljuná) — saliva
  • Russian: слю́нка (sljúnka) — saliva
  • Scottish Gaelic: smugaid — saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: слина — saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: пљувачка — saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: slina — saliva
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljuvačka — saliva
  • Sikkimese: ཁ་མཆུ (kha mchu) — saliva
  • Slovak: slina — saliva
  • Slovene: slina — saliva
  • Spanish: escupida — saliva
  • Swedish: spott — saliva
  • Tarifit: kuffu — saliva
  • Turkish: tükürük — saliva
  • Ottoman Turkish: توكوروك (tükürük) — saliva
  • Ukrainian: сли́на (slýna) — saliva
  • Urdu: تھوک (thūk) — saliva
  • Vietnamese: nước bọt — saliva
  • Volapük: spukot — saliva
  • Walloon: raetchon — saliva
  • Walloon: scraetchete — saliva
  • Welsh: poer — saliva
  • Yakut: сил (sil) — saliva
  • Belarusian: пляво́к (pljavók) — instance of spitting
  • Bulgarian: плюене (pljuene) — instance of spitting
  • Czech: plivnutí — instance of spitting
  • Finnish: sylkeminen — instance of spitting
  • French: crachement — instance of spitting
  • Georgian: შეფურთხება (šepurtxeba) — instance of spitting
  • German: Spritzer — instance of spitting
  • Hebrew: יריקה (yerika) — instance of spitting
  • Hungarian: köpés — instance of spitting
  • Northern Kurdish: tifkirin — instance of spitting
  • Macedonian: плу́кање (plúkanje) — instance of spitting
  • Polish: splunięcie — instance of spitting
  • Portuguese: cuspida — instance of spitting
  • Portuguese: cuspidela — instance of spitting
  • Russian: плево́к (plevók) — instance of spitting
  • Ukrainian: плюво́к (pljuvók) — instance of spitting
  • Volapük: spuk — instance of spitting
  • German: Schlemm — a synonym of slam (“card game”)
  • German: Durchmarsch — a synonym of slam (“card game”)
  • Bulgarian: ръмене (rǎmene) — a light fall of rain or snow
  • German: Sprühregen — a light fall of rain or snow
  • German: Nieselregen — a light fall of rain or snow
  • Hungarian: szemerkélő eső/hó — a light fall of rain or snow
  • Portuguese: chuvisco — a light fall of rain or snow
  • Bulgarian: един бел дълбочина (edin bel dǎlbočina) — depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging
  • German: Spatentiefe — depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging
  • German: Spaten — depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging
  • Bulgarian: набождам (naboždam) — to impale on a spit
  • Danish: spidde — to impale on a spit
  • French: embrocher — to impale on a spit
  • Galician: espetar — to impale on a spit
  • Galician: espichar — to impale on a spit
  • German: aufspießen — to impale on a spit
  • Hungarian: nyársra húz — to impale on a spit
  • Māori: huki — to impale on a spit
  • Portuguese: espetar — to impale on a spit
  • Russian: насаживать (nasaživatʹ) — to impale on a spit
  • Spanish: espetar — to impale on a spit
  • Turkish: şişlemek — to impale on a spit
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیشلمك (şişlemek) — to impale on a spit
  • Afrikaans: spoeg — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Aghwan: 𐕉𐕒𐕡 (ću) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Aklanon: tupea — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Albanian: pështyj — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Southern Altai: тӱкӱрер (tükürer) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: بَصَقَ (baṣaqa) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: بَزَقَ (bazaqa) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: تَفَلَ (tafala) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: تَفَّ (taffa) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: تَفّ (taff) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: تَفَّل (taffal) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: بزق (bzaq) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Arabic: تفل (tfal) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Armenian: թքել (tʻkʻel) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Aromanian: ascuchiu — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Assamese: থু পেলোৱা (thu pelüa) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Avar: тузе (tuze) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Azerbaijani: tüpürmək — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Bangi: twa — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Bashkir: төкөрөү (tököröw) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Basque: txistu egin — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Belarusian: плява́ць (pljavácʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Belarusian: наплява́ць (napljavácʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Belarusian: плю́нуць (pljúnucʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Bengali: থুতু ফেলা (thutu phela) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Central Bikol: lustab — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Bulgarian: плю́я (pljúja) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Bulgarian: хра́ча (hráča) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Burmese: ထွေး (htwe:) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Catalan: escopir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Catalan: escopinar — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Eastern Cham: ꨆꨌꨭꩍ (kachuh) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chickasaw: tofa — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吐痰 (tǔtán) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吐 (tǔ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 啐 (cuì) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咯 (kǎ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 噴放 /喷放 (pēnfàng) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吐口 (tǔkǒu) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hutra mare — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Czech: plivnout — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Czech: plivat — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Danish: spytte — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Drung: lai — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Drung: dvbeq — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Dutch: spuwen — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Dutch: spugen — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Egyptian: t:f-D26 (tf) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Esperanto: kraĉi — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Estonian: sülitama — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Estonian: sülgama — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Even: тумнидай (tumņidaj) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Finnish: sylkeä — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Finnish: sylkäistä — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Finnish: syljeskellä — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • French: cracher — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Friulian: spudâ — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Galician: cuspir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Georgian: დაფურთხება (dapurtxeba) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Georgian: გადაფურთხება (gadapurtxeba) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Georgian: მიფურთხება (mipurtxeba) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • German: spucken — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Greek: φτύνω (ftýno) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ancient Greek: πτύω (ptúō) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Hebrew: יָרַק (yarak) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Higaonon: ilub — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Hindi: थूकना (thūknā) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • White Hmong: nto — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Hungarian: köp — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Hunsrik: spucke — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Icelandic: hrækja — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Indonesian: meludah — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ingrian: sylkiä — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Irish: caith seile — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Italian: sputare — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Iu Mien: bitv — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Japanese: つばを吐く (tsuba o haku) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Japanese: 吐く (haku) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • S'gaw Karen: ထူးပှဲာ် (hṭoö phgeḥ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Kaurna: tadlibandi — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Kazakh: түкірту (tükırtu) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Kazakh: түкіру (tükıru) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khmer: ស្ដោះ (sdɑh) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khmer: ខាក (khaak) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khmer: ខែក (khaek) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khmer: ខ្ជាក់ (khcĕək) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khmer: ខ្ពុរ (khpuu) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Korean: 침을뱉다 (chimeulbaetda) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Korean: 뱉다 (baetda) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Northern Kurdish: tif kirin — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Kyrgyz: түкүрүү (tükürüü) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lao: ຂາກ (khāk) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lao: ຄາຍ (khāi) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lao: ຖຸຽ (th) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latgalian: spjauti — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latgalian: špļaut — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latin: spuō — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latin: spūtō — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latin: conspuō — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latvian: spļaut — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Latvian: spļauties — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lingala: twa — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lithuanian: spjauti — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Macedonian: плу́ка (plúka) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Macedonian: ‘рка (‘rka) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Malay: ludah — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Maltese: beżaq — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Manchu: ᠴᡳᡶᡝᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (cifelembi) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: ileb — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Māori: tuha — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Māori: tuwha — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Marathi: थुकणे (thukṇe) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Marwari: थूकणौ (thūkṇau) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Mon: ကၠာတ် — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Mon: ချဟ် — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Mongolian: нулимах (nulimax) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thūoh — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Nahuatl: chihcha — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Nanai: топин- (topin-) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spytte — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spytta — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Occitan: escupir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Occitan: escopir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Odia: ଥୁକିବା (thukibā) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Old English: spǣtan — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ossetian: ту кӕнын (tu kænyn) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Persian: تف کردن (tof kardan) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Polish: pluć — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Polish: splunąć — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Polish: plunąć — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Portuguese: cuspir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Quechua: thuqay — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Quechua: aqtuy — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Rapa Nui: aanu — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Romanian: scuipa — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Romansh: spidar — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Russian: плева́ть (plevátʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Russian: плю́нуть (pljúnutʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Russian: наплева́ть (naplevátʹ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Sanskrit: ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: пљу̏вати — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljȕvati — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Sicilian: sputari — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Sicilian: sputazzari — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Sicilian: scraccari — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Slovak: pľuť — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Slovene: pljuvati — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Somali: tufid — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: pluwaś — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: plunuś — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Upper Sorbian: pluwać — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Spanish: escupir — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Swedish: spotta — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tagalog: dumura — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tajik: туф кардан (tuf kardan) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tamil: துப்பு (tuppu) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tashelhit: ssufs — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tausug: lumura — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tày: cài — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Tetum: tafui — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Thai: ขาก (kàak) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Thai: ถุย (tǔi) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Turkish: tükürmek — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: توكورمك (tükürmek) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Turkmen: tüýkürmek — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ugaritic: 𐎆𐎔𐎘 (wpṯ) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ukrainian: плюва́ти (pljuváty) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ukrainian: плю́нути (pljúnuty) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Ukrainian: наплюва́ти (napljuváty) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Urdu: تھوکنا (thūknā) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Uyghur: تۈكۈرمەك (tükürmek) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Uzbek: tupurmoq — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Vietnamese: nhổ — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Vietnamese: khạc nhổ — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Volapük: spukön — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Welsh: poeri — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Yakut: силлээ (sillee) — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Yucatec Maya: ch'iin — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Zealandic: spieë — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Zealandic: spoege — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Zulu: -phimisa — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
  • Zulu: -fela — to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.