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