spitter
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
- 7
Definition of spitter
9 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- One who puts meat on a spit.
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noun
- One who puts meat on a spit.
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A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
“Near-synonyms: brocket, knobber, knobbler, pricket”
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Someone who spits.
“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.”
- (vulgar)Someone who spits.
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(slang)Rapper, emcee.
“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”
- (slang)Synonym of spitting cobra.
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A small shower (of rain), a spatter.
“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.”
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Synonym of spitball.
“Coach says no throwing any spitters.”
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An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
“with a spitter in the console of his Camaro”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er.
Words you can make from spitter
122 playable · top: TIPSTER (9 pts)
Best play tipster 9 points6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
31 words- PERIS 7 pts
- PETIT 7 pts
- PETTI 7 pts
- PIERS 7 pts
- PISTE 7 pts
- PREST 7 pts
- PRIES 7 pts
- PRISE 7 pts
- RIPES 7 pts
- SPEIR 7 pts
- SPIER 7 pts
- SPIRE 7 pts
- SPIRT 7 pts
- SPITE 7 pts
- SPRIT 7 pts
- STIPE 7 pts
- STIRP 7 pts
- STREP 7 pts
- STRIP 7 pts
- TRIPE 7 pts
- TRIPS 7 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- TETRI 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TITER 5 pts
- TITRE 5 pts
- TRETS 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRITE 5 pts
4-letter words
36 words- PERI 6 pts
- PERT 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PITS 6 pts
- REPS 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- SEPT 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SPIT 6 pts
- STEP 6 pts
- TIPS 6 pts
- TRIP 6 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SETT 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- STET 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
- TETS 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
11 wordsHooks
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