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spit

noun as in saliva

verb as in eject saliva or substance

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Orient Beach State Park, a 363-acre spit of land jutting out into Gardiner’s Bay, is one of the few North Fork beaches that doesn’t require a residential parking permit.

He bought an aquarium, an electric motor, a heating element, a metal spit rod and a few other spare parts and began to tinker.

Pitchers put spit or other substances on the ball to make their pitches dip and swerve so they would be harder to hit.

I bring a lot of masks in my backpack because I don’t like when my mask gets wet from spit.

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They help filter or block spit or mucus droplets that carry infectious particles.

Qatar is just a little spit of land that looks like a polyp on edge of Saudi Arabia.

So he and his partner, Zack Simpson, did what they do so well: started spit-balling some game theory around politics.

I breathed sloppily through my mouth, hung my head between my legs, and spit every so often.

We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.

Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.

Many gallants 'took' their tobacco in the lords room over the stage, and went out to (Saint) Paul's to spit there privately.

When used by gentlemen it was common to carry a silver basin to spit in.

They are permitted to throw the leavings of their food and spit where they like, sit how they like and smoke everywhere.

Fergan, as well as his companions, curious to know the purpose of the stake and spit, followed the priest.

Sirs, this is but a temporary dispensation; this is but a puff of wind, this is but a spit of rain and by with it.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spit, such as: discharge, dribble, drool, slaver, spittle, and sputum.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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