# verb. - eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger. * Todd spit in Hugh's face - (of a fire or something being cooked) emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises. * the bonfire crackled and spat - put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire. * I spitted the squirrel meat and turned it over the flames
# noun. - saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth. - an act of spitting. - a long, thin metal rod pushed through meat in order to hold and turn it while it is roasted over an open fire. * chicken cooked on a spit - a narrow point of land projecting into the sea. * a narrow spit of land shelters the bay - a layer of earth whose depth is equal to the length of the blade of a spade. * break up the top spit with a fork