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spitter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spitter has 2 senses
- spitter(n = noun.person) expectorator - a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth); Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- spitter(n = noun.act) spitball - an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it; Array is a kind of delivery, pitch
Derived form verb spit1
CIDE DICTIONARY
spitter, n. [See Spit to eject from the mouth.].
One who ejects saliva from the mouth. [1913 Webster]
spitter, n. [See Spit an iron prong.].
- One who puts meat on a spit. [1913 Webster]
- A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket. [1913 Webster]
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