English Explanatory Dictionary

spitter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who puts meat on a spit.
  2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
noun
  1. Someone who spits.
  2. Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
  3. Rapper, emcee.
  4. Synonym of spitting cobra.
  5. A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
  6. Synonym of spitball.
  7. An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spitter.wav

Word forms

spitter spitters spittard

Etymology

From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.

Synonyms

brocket knobber knobbler pricket spitting cobra spitball

Related words

sprayer spritzer

Derived words

spitters are quitters

Translations

Finnish: sylkijä Latin: spūtātor Portuguese: cuspidor Portuguese: cuspidora Russian: плева́льщик Russian: плева́льщица Serbo-Croatian: pljùvāč Serbo-Croatian: pljuvàčica
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