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spittle

noun

ˈspi-tᵊl

Definition of spittle

as in saliva

the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept

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Recent Examples of spittle Beaty gave it the whole shooting match and went crazy-Rick and began screaming in Butler’s face, spittle flying. — Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel. — John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023 Seated in the front row, close enough to catch some of Miller’s sweat and spittle, was SEC commissioner Greg Sankey. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 11 Mar. 2023 So your favorite scenes then had to be the ones that hurt — the ones that restored the show’s natural order, one in which the smiles and laughter of the Meal Fit for a King scene curdled like, well, a Meal Fit for a King spiked with Shiv’s spittle. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for spittle

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saliva

Noun

Testing of saliva later confirmed infection with a bat rabies virus variant.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The virus is shed in wild bird saliva, nasal secretions and feces, so even droppings near the coop can carry it.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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