as in peninsulas
an area of land that juts out into a body of water
at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse
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as in pictures
something or someone that strongly resembles another
the spit and image of his father
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as in drools
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth
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as in stabs
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Recent Examples of spits
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Pretti then spits on the SUV and kicks out the vehicle's passenger-side taillight.
—Kevin Ko, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
An opportunity to see the Wu-Tang live in Amsterdam turns into a through-the-looking-glass moment when Azzougarh gets pulled onstage and spits some original rhymes, which gets him the nod to go talk to RZA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
All the while, Combs spits a few bars in a distorted baritone about his late mother’s passing.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
The site spits back a raft of possibilities.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
But the ocean spits her back out.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The crew rescues the tech CEO by resuscitating him after the whale spits him out.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
When Kaliya spits fire, Krishna dances across its many heads, crushing them.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
Denying that their output is propaganda & amplifying their messaging spits in the face of those murdered on Oct 7th & props up the Hamas terror regime that continues to punish its own people.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
If Drake Maye spits the bit, New England’s all-time Super Bowl record gets revised to a thoroughly mediocre 6-6.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Pretti then spits on the SUV and kicks out the vehicle's passenger-side taillight.
—Kevin Ko, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
An opportunity to see the Wu-Tang live in Amsterdam turns into a through-the-looking-glass moment when Azzougarh gets pulled onstage and spits some original rhymes, which gets him the nod to go talk to RZA.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
All the while, Combs spits a few bars in a distorted baritone about his late mother’s passing.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
The site spits back a raft of possibilities.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
But the ocean spits her back out.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The crew rescues the tech CEO by resuscitating him after the whale spits him out.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
When Kaliya spits fire, Krishna dances across its many heads, crushing them.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spits
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Bautista stabs and shoots his assailants in an operatic eruption of violence that is done in a single, extended shot.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Milo tries to be a hero, trying to use pepper spray on Morgan, but Morgan stabs and kills him.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Nothing that pierces the skin should ever be used as leverage over a child's opportunity to education and to learn.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
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Nicole Kidman's stare pierces the room.—
Jennifer Brett,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Nov. 2025
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According to him, the goal is to build a system that modernizes the full lifecycle of a prescription from the moment it’s written to when the patient picks it up, and ideally beyond.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Her top picks for what to turn to instead include burgundy and oxblood.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
8 Feb. 2026
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But Anderson punctures his weed haze with the bright light of a past that in actuality never dimmed, when Lockjaw begins to hunt Pat and Willa.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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Srinivas, who often jabs the search engine giant, made an interesting point.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Progress sticks when compassion ensures that everyone gets heard.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
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But this is not the substance of the speech that sticks.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Spits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spits. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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