noun
Meaning 1
One who puts meat on a spit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spitter
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noun
Meaning 2
A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who spits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Fines will be issued to spitters who spit wantonly in public.
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noun
Meaning 4
Someone who spits.
Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: vulgar
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noun
Meaning 5
Rapper, emcee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: dancing, hip-hop, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
Synonym of spitting cobra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: biology, herpetology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spitting cobra
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
Synonym of spitball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Coach says no throwing any spitters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spitball
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- with a spitter in the console of his Camaro
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noun
Meaning 10
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spitball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitch, delivery
noun
Meaning 11
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expectorator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
History
Etymology
From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.
Etymology tree English spit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English spitter From spit (verb) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sylkijä — one that spits
- Latin: spūtātor — one that spits
- Portuguese: cuspidor — one that spits
- Portuguese: cuspidora — one that spits
- Russian: плева́льщик (pleválʹščik) — one that spits
- Russian: плева́льщица (pleválʹščica) — one that spits
- Serbo-Croatian: pljùvāč — one that spits
- Serbo-Croatian: pljuvàčica — one that spits