spitter
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
spitter (plural spitters)
- One who puts meat on a spit.
- A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
Translations[edit]
young deer
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
spitter (plural spitters)
- Someone who spits.
- 2009, David T. Wong, Salivary Diagnostics, page 107:
- After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.
- (baseball) Synonym of spitball.
- (herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.
- An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
Derived terms[edit]
- spitters are quitters (vulgar)
Translations[edit]
one that spits
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baseball sense — see spitball