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spittoon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /spɪˈtuːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A receptacle for spit (saliva); especially, one used by people using chewing tobacco or snuff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cuspidor, goboon, pigdan, spitbox, spit bucket, spit-cup

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cuspidor

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: receptacle

History

Etymology

From spit + -oon.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: плюва́лник (pljuválnik) — receptacle for spit
  • Catalan: escopidora — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 痰罐 (taam4 gun3) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 痰盂罐 (taam4 jyu4 gun3) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese: 痰壺 /痰壶 (zh-min-nan) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痰盂 (tányú) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痰桶 (tántǒng) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唾壺 /唾壶 (tuòhú) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痰罐 (tánguàn) — receptacle for spit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 痰盒 (tánhé) — receptacle for spit
  • Wu Chinese: 痰瓶 — receptacle for spit
  • Czech: plivátko — receptacle for spit
  • Danish: spyttebakke — receptacle for spit
  • Dutch: kwispedoor — receptacle for spit
  • Esperanto: kraĉujo — receptacle for spit
  • Estonian: süljekauss — receptacle for spit
  • Finnish: sylkykuppi — receptacle for spit
  • French: crachoir — receptacle for spit
  • German: Spucknapf — receptacle for spit
  • Greek: πτυελοδοχείο (ptyelodocheío) — receptacle for spit
  • Gujarati: થૂંકદાની (thū̃kdānī) — receptacle for spit
  • Gujarati: પિકદાની (pikdānī) — receptacle for spit
  • Icelandic: hrákadallur — receptacle for spit
  • Indonesian: tempolong — receptacle for spit
  • Irish: seileadán — receptacle for spit
  • Italian: sputacchiera — receptacle for spit
  • Japanese: たんつぼ (tantsubo) — receptacle for spit
  • Japanese: 痰壺 (tantsubo) — receptacle for spit
  • Japanese: 痰壷 (tantsubo) — receptacle for spit
  • Japanese: 唾壺 (dako) — receptacle for spit
  • Kannada: ಡವಕೆ (ḍavake) — receptacle for spit
  • Khmer: កន្ថោរ (kon thoa) — receptacle for spit
  • Kumyk: жем (jem) — receptacle for spit
  • Macedonian: плукалник (plukalnik) — receptacle for spit
  • Macedonian: плувалник (pluvalnik) — receptacle for spit
  • Malay: ketur — receptacle for spit
  • Malay: tempolong — receptacle for spit
  • Malayalam: തുപ്പൽപാത്രം (tuppalpātraṁ) — receptacle for spit
  • Māori: paepae hūare — receptacle for spit
  • Persian: خیودان (xayudân) — receptacle for spit
  • Polish: spluwaczka — receptacle for spit
  • Portuguese: cuspidor — receptacle for spit
  • Portuguese: cuspideira — receptacle for spit
  • Portuguese: escarradeira — receptacle for spit
  • Russian: плева́тельница (plevátelʹnica) — receptacle for spit
  • Russian: плева́льница (pleválʹnica) — receptacle for spit
  • Serbo-Croatian: пљувачница — receptacle for spit
  • Serbo-Croatian: пљуваоница — receptacle for spit
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljuvačnica — receptacle for spit
  • Serbo-Croatian: pljuvaonica — receptacle for spit
  • Southern Altai: тӱкӱргӱш (tükürgüš) — receptacle for spit
  • Spanish: escupidera — receptacle for spit
  • Sundanese: ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ (tampolong) — receptacle for spit
  • Swedish: spottkopp — receptacle for spit
  • Swedish: spottlåda — receptacle for spit
  • Tagalog: duraan — receptacle for spit
  • Tagalog: luraan — receptacle for spit
  • Telugu: తమ్మతొట్టి (tammatoṭṭi) — receptacle for spit
  • Tulu: ಪಡ್ಯ (paḍya) — receptacle for spit
  • Turkish: tükürük hokkası — receptacle for spit
  • Ottoman Turkish: توكوروك حقهسی (tükürük hokkası) — receptacle for spit
  • Turkmen: tüfdan — receptacle for spit
  • Ukrainian: плювальниця (pljuvalʹnycja) — receptacle for spit
  • Urdu: اُگالدان (ugāldān) — receptacle for spit
  • Urdu: پِیْک دان (pīk dān) — receptacle for spit
  • Urdu: تھوک دان (thūk dān) — receptacle for spit
  • Welsh: poerlestr — receptacle for spit