Spitter

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

One who puts meat on a spit..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who puts meat on a spit.
2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
3. Someone who spits.
4. (hip-hop slang) Rapper, emcee.
5. (herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra.
6. A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
7. (baseball) Synonym of spitball.
8. An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket

Fines will be issued to spitters who spit wantonly in public.

After the SARS outbreak in 2003, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan launched campaigns to discourage public spitting by issuing fines to public spitters.

On the stage with the RZA to the Gravediggaz GZA used to say I was his favorite spitter

What you tryna be Vito? Well there's rules to this shit Don't get clapped, y'all ain't real spitters, y'all lips chapped

A zigzag of lightning fretted the eastern horizon in a brilliant greenish flash, sharply outlining the sea-line; and, as a solemn, hollow, distant peal reverberated, a spitter of rain fell. There was not a breath of wind, and the whack-whacking and spits of flame from the warships came threatening over the darkening sea.

[A] spitter of rain hit the leaves, increasing to a drenching rush.

Coach says no throwing any spitters.

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Word Forms

• spitters
• spittard

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