Word Finder - spits

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A sudden impact or blow.

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The shock and noise produced by violently closing a door or other object.

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A slam dunk.

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An insult.

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I don't mean this as a slam, but you can be really impatient sometimes.

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The yellow iron silicate produced in alum works as a waste product.

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A poetry slam.

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A slambook.

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The refuse of alum works.

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A subgenre of death metal with elements of hardcore punk focusing on midtempo rhythms, breakdowns and palm-muted riffs

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A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.

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A card game, played all at once without separate turns, in which players attempt to get rid of their cards as quickly as possible according to certain rules.

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• spit

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Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

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A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.

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Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.

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A shambling fellow.

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A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.

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• broach

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A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula.

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To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.

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to spit a loin of veal

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To use a spit to cook; to attend to food that is cooking on a spit.

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She’s spitting the roast in the kitchen.

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Saliva, especially when expectorated.

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There was spit all over the washbasin.

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• expectoration
• spittle

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An instance of spitting; specifically, a light fall of rain or snow.

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A person who exactly resembles someone else (usually in set phrases; see spitting image)

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To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.

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• expectorate

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To emit or expel in a manner similar to evacuating saliva from the mouth; specifically, to rain or snow slightly.

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a hot pan spitting droplets of fat

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To utter (something) violently.

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(hip-hop) To rap, to utter.

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To make a spitting sound, like an angry cat.

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The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

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The amount of soil that a spade holds; a spadeful.

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To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.

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To plant (something) using a spade.

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To dig, to spade.

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• delve

The widow then loosens and removes the shoe, throwing it some distance, and spits on the ground, repeating thrice the Biblical formula "So shall it be done," &c. Ilalisah, which is still common among orthodox Jews, must not take place on the Sabbath, a holiday, or the eve of either, or in the evening.

The music reaches another level suddenly and the vocalist spits out lyrics and sounds utterly convincing.

They phoned on Saturday to cancel for tonight's gig, " he spits.

The dog loves to get close but he cat just growls, spits and heads for the high ground.

This hypothesis is consistent with the strongly recurved spits that provide the present day definition of the harbor mouth.

A fire was kindled at the bottom of a deep hole in the ground, big sticks were laid crosswise at the top, and meat was hung from them and turned on spits.

When your baby spits out the pacifier, it can only go as far as the lead, making it easy for you to find it and replace it.

It has mucus around the eyes, spits up mucous and is kind of sickly looking.

And can't sustain, like one half could" while he spits out decidedly unintelligent and thoughtless spoken words like referring to his private parts as "white supremacist."

You'll enjoy having a replacement gown in the middle of the night when your new baby spits up or you wake up with a too-wet nursing pad.

At the very top is a Harpie that screams and spits out blood (red orb experience) for as long as you are up there.

Failing to replace the pacifier after the baby cries or spits it out can be a good method for breaking the pacifier habit.

Some infrared rotisserie grills don't use spits because the design allows for the heat to be evenly radiated around your food.

You input your height, current weight, and a few other facts and the calculator spits out a number.

Just as they're about to turn around and head home, the ship falls through "the white circle," a cosmic fast lane that spits them out on the other side of the galaxy, seven years, four months, and twenty-two days from home.

All you have to do is input minimal data and the generator spits out an unusual name compatible with the Star Wars universe.

A cool breeze swept over the river, and Lana shivered until they neared one of the spits, the one with the least amount of people there.

A hooded snake (Naja haemachates), the imfezi of the natives, is dangerous, and spits or ejects its poison; besides this there are a few other varieties of the cobra species.