How to pronounce spit
American English pronunciation
SPIT
- IPA
- /ˈspɪt/
- Syllables
- SPIT (1 syllable)
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What spit means
Most people know spit in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A long thin rod that holds meat over a fire
In a sentence: Dad turned the chicken on the spit above the campfire.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word for a rod used to cook meat on, and it also gave us the word for a narrow point of land.
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